On Tuesday, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as George Nevitt, 67, of Vancouver
The Vancouver Police Department has released a photo of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run collision that left a 67-year-old man dead Sunday. The vehicle is a red/maroon colored sedan, possibly a Ford Taurus.
Anyone with information on this vehicle or the driver is asked to contact the Vancouver Police Department Traffic Unit.
On Sunday (Jan. 28), at about 6:50 p.m., Vancouver Police responded to the 13500 block of NE Fourth Plain Blvd. for the report of a vehicle vs. pedestrian collision. As emergency responders were arriving, bystanders were performing CPR on the victim. On Tuesday, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as George Nevitt, of Vancouver.
A Vancouver Police Department report indicated that, according to witnesses, the 67-year-old Nevitt was crossing Fourth Plain from north to south. He was not in a crosswalk. A member of Nevitt’s family told Clark County Today that Nevitt was not attempting to cross Fourth Plain. “Crippled and using a cane, he’d toppled off the curb into an oncoming vehicle while walking to the Texaco (next door from his house) for cigarettes,” the family member wrote to Clark County Today.
The driver of a pickup truck traveling eastbound did not see Nevitt in the roadway and struck him. The driver stopped, which caused a line of vehicles to back up. A car pulled out of the line of traffic, swerved passed the stopped vehicles, and ran over Nevitt, who was lying in the roadway, before fleeing the scene.
The Vancouver Police Department Traffic Unit is continuing the investigation.
Information provided by Vancouver Police Department.
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