KPD Investigates Afternoon Crash on Trimmier
Killeen Police investigate afternoon crash involving a pedestrian.
Officers responded to the 3800 block of Trimmier on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at 12:52pm, after learning of a crash where a vehicle hit a pedestrian. Upon their arrival they located a 15 year old female and a white Nissan Cube in the roadway. The preliminary investigation revealed that the female was crossing Trimmier from the east side of the roadway to the west side. Witnesses advised the female was talking on her cell phone and walked into the path of the oncoming Nissan that was traveling south in the outside lane.
The female, a 10th grade student at Ellison High School, was airlifted to Baylor Scott & White Hospital where she remains in critical condition. The driver of the Nissan was not injured. The names of the people involved in this crash will not be released.
The Killeen Police Department Traffic Unit continues to investigate this crash and the circumstances surrounding it. Information will be released as it becomes available.
Carroll Smith
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department
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