Police charge Willingboro man after fatal pedestrian collision in Camden
CAMDEN – Police have charged a Willingboro man in connection with a fatal crash here.
Samad Searles-Bevans, 47, is accused of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, according to the Camden County Police Department.
The victim, identified only as a 64-year-old man, was hit around 7:10 p.m. Thursday at Atlantic Avenue near Broadway, police said.
He was pronounced dead several hours after being taken to a city hospital.
Investigators recovered a U-Haul pickup truck believed to have been involved in the incident.
The charge against Searles-Bevans was announced Monday.
The charge is only an allegation. Searles-Bevans has not been convicted in the case.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Pedestrian fatally struck near Atlantic Avenue and Broadway in Camden
