1/16/19
by News Department on 01/16/19Pedestrian Struck/Killed...
A pedestrian was struck and killed in Wayne Township on Tuesday.
According to Skook News, State Police said the incident occurred around 2:00pm, Tuesday, when 44 year old Patricia Hellinger, of Pine Grove, was driving east on Sweet Arrow Lane Road and struck 68 year old Jay Spotts while he was walking along the roadway, in Wayne Township, near Friedensburg.
Spotts was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say Hellinger did not see Spotts and has been charged with driving under the influence. Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III said the cause of death has been ruled accidental.
