GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — A victim has died after they were hit while walking along I-73 South in Guilford County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said that around 7:26 a.m., they had been called to a crash involving a pedestrian on I-73 S near West Steeple Chase Road. Investigators said 55-year-old Clyde Strickland, Raeford, N.C., was walking south on I-73 when a vehicle driving south hit Strickland.
Strickland received serious life-threatening injuries and was taken to Moses H. Cone Hospital in Greensboro, where they died days later, troopers said.
Investigators were searching for a white 2015-2021 Audi A3 passenger car believed to have been involved in the crash and have since located it, but they have not found the driver.
This investigation is ongoing.
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