Killeen Police are Investigating a Pedestrian Fatality on 38th Street

Killeen, TX (August 7, 2024): Investigators with the Killeen Police Traffic Unit are investigating a pedestrian fatality.

On August 7, 2024, at approximately 8:48 a.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of 38th Street and Atkinson Avenue in reference to a 911 call about a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian crash. Upon the officers’ arrival, they located a female lying in the roadway with severe injuries. They began to render first aid until Killeen Fire Department Paramedics arrived. The 66 -year-old female was transported to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in critical condition.

The preliminary investigation revelated that the pedestrian was walking westbound on 38th Street in a crosswalk, when a gray Ford pick-up truck traveling eastbound on Atkinson Avenue, turned northbound onto N. 38th Street, striking the pedestrian before completing the turn.

The pedestrian unfortunately succumbed to her injuries and hospital staff pronounced her deceased at 9:26 a.m.

The name of the victim has been withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Investigators with the Traffic Unit continue to investigate this fatality and at this time no other information will be released.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department