Coroner identifies pedestrian who died after being hit by vehicle on Richmond Road
.jpg "A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle on Richmond Road Friday night, according to the Lexington Police Department.")
A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle on a busy Lexington road Friday night.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Lisa Michelle Walls, 57, of Lexington.
Walls was pronounced dead on the 2900 block of Richmond Road, which is near Mount Tabor Road, at 9:40 p.m. as a result of multiple blunt force traumatic injuries sustained in the collision, the coroner’s office said in a news release Saturday.
Lt. Jesse Palmer of the Lexington Police Department said officers were dispatched to outbound Richmond Road near the Speedway gas station at 9:01 p.m., and when they arrived, they found the pedestrian deceased in the road.
All outbound lanes of Richmond Road except one were expected to be closed for several hours Friday night, Palmer said.
He urged motorists to avoid that section of Richmond Road if possible.
The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Palmer said alcohol is not thought to be a factor in the collision.
Lashaya Carman said she and some friends were driving in the area when the pedestrian was hit.
Though she did not see the initial impact, she said a second vehicle ran over the woman as she was lying in the road.
“I didn’t see them hit their brakes,” she said. “They just kept going.”
Police said at about 10 p.m. that they were not aware of a second vehicle involved in the incident.
Carman said several bystanders worked together to stop traffic until police arrived.
“I really cannot believe that we witnessed that,” she said. “It was awful.”
This story was originally published November 17, 2023 at 10:29 PM.
