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One killed in pedestrian crash in NN
Updated: Tuesday, 25 Sep 2012, 2:10 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 22 Sep 2012, 9:24 PM EDT
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - A driver struck two people - including a woman in a wheelchair - as they crossed Jefferson Avenue Saturday night and one of them has since passed away.
Newport News police spokesman Harold Eley said the driver of a Honda Accord hit a woman in a wheelchair with her fiance riding on the back of it at the intersection of Shields Road about 7:20 p.m. The couple was crossing Jefferson when the 82-year-old female driver going south on Jefferson Avenue hit them in the right lane.
The man, identified as 30-year-old Brian McGuire of Irvin, TX was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at 1:44 a.m. His fiancee remains hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
No charges are currently pending, according to police.
The Newport News Police Crash Response Team continues to investigate. Check back with WAVY.com for the latest on this story.
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