Michigan man killed in Panama City Beach traffic accident
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 52-year-old Detroit man was accidentally struck and killed by a vehicle in Panama City Beach on Monday.
According to a news release from Florida Highway Patrol, at about 7 p.m., a 21-year-old Bainbridge, Georgia, man was driving a white 1999 Chevrolet truck south in the inside southbound lane of Thomas Drive, behind a Domino's Pizza delivery car. Both vehicles were approaching the unlit intersection of Perman Place.
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The Detroit man, who appears to have been wearing dark clothing, had stepped out into the outside southbound lane of Thomas Drive, attempting to assist a truck with backing into Thomas Drive from Perman Place.
The driver of the delivery car began to slow down, so the driver of the white pickup truck changed lanes to the outside, southbound lane of Thomas Drive and collided with the pedestrian, the release states.
Both the pedestrian and the truck came to a stop just south of the intersection, in the outside southbound lane of Thomas Drive. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
This article originally appeared on The News Herald: Panama City Beach Florida traffic crash leads to death of Michigan man
