Pedestrian struck and killed on Greenville street by tow truck (NC)

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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Police are consulting with the district attorney on appropriate charges after a man was struck and killed on a Greenville street last night.

 

Greenville police said 53-year-old Robert McLeod, of Pink Hill, was on South Skinner Street just before 8:00 p.m. when he was hit by a flatbed tow truck that was making a turn from Dickinson Avenue.

 

Police said the tow truck left the scene, but the man believed to be the driver returned while officers were still there. He has been identified as 46-year-old Rayon Artis, of Greenville.

 

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is urged to contact police at 252-329-3550.

 

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A Pink Hill man walking on Skinner Street near Dickinson Avenue was killed Sunday when he was struck by a tow truck that left the scene, the Greenville Police Department reported.

 

A Monday news release from the department said officers responded about 8 p.m. to of Dickinson Avenue and South Skinner Street to a fatal hit- and-run crash involving a pedestrian. The area is south of West 10th Street.

Officers determined that Robert Alexander McLeod, 53, of Pink Hill, was in the roadway on Skinner Street when he was struck by a Ford flatbed tow truck attempting to make a turn from Dickinson Avenue, the release said. The driver of the flatbed, Rayon Artis, 46, of Greenville, drove away from the area.

 

While officers were on scene, Artis returned and identified himself, the release said.

 

No charges have been filed but investigating officers will consult with the Pitt County District Attorney’s Office regarding appropriate charges, the release said. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Officer Venable at 329-3550. People with information can remain anonymous, the release said.

 

The wreck is the first documented by the Greenville Police Department in 2023. It is the second recorded in Pitt County this year. Earlier this month Billie Smith, 76, of Hill Road Circle was struck about noon at the intersection of N.C. 11 and Third Street in Ayden when she failed to stop for a stoplight, the town’s police department reported.

 

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