Nacogdoches Police Department officials are investigating a fatal car-pedestrian crash near the Coy Simms softball field early Tuesday morning.
According to a release from the Nacogdoches Police Department, police responded to the car-pedestrian crash on Tuesday, October 4, around 3 a.m. The incident took place in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. on Boulevard.
Nacogdoches police arrived at the scene and found a white Chevrolet Equinox hitting an adult pedestrian on the road. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a Justice of the Peace. The victim was identified as Robert Estepp IV, 23, of Nacogdoches. The driver of the vehicle was not injured in the crash.
The Department of Transportation responded to the scene with an accident reconstruction of the crash. Preliminary information shows that the victim was walking on the road when he was hit by the vehicle. It will be posted when more information becomes available.
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