PANAMA CITY — Police continued investigating a crash on U.S. 231 on Friday in which a vehicle struck a pedestrian.
The pedestrian, whose name was not released, was struck by a silver Toyota pickup truck at 7:39 p.m. on Friday while walking on the shoulder of the northbound lanes, the Panama City Police Department reported in a press release four hours after the crash. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital, PCPD reported.
The name of the driver also wasn’t released and no other details were available as of Saturday afternoon.
Orange crime scene markers lined tire tracks along the grass shoulder up to where the truck had stopped just south of Transmitter Road Friday night. The truck had front end damage and various items were scattered in the grass among the markers.
Anyone who was in the area or witnessed the crash is asked to contact case agent Officer John Pauga at (850) 872-3100.