Pedestrian dies after being struck by pickup truck

[File photo by Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]

A pedestrian pushing a cart near the outside lane of US Highway 441 in southeast Marion County was struck and killed by a pickup truck the afternoon of April 18, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

An FHP press release indicates the male pedestrian was pushing a metal cart while walking southbound near the outside lane with traffic at Southeast 151st Street around 1:15 p.m. when he was struck by the right front of a 2025 Chevrolet pickup truck traveling southbound in the outside lane of the highway. The victim came to rest on the west shoulder and the drover of the truck pulled onto the west shoulder and stopped.

The pickup truck was driven by a 57-year-old Inverness man with a 35- year-old Inverness man as passenger, according to the press release. Both occupants wore seat belts.

The FHP does not normally release the names of victims or drivers in crash press releases.

According to the FHP Crash Dashboard at flhsmv.gov, five pedestrians have died in Marion County crashes from Jan. 1 through April 12 and 14 fatalities overall were recorded in the same time period.