MACON, Ga. — A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car on Mercer University Drive Thursday evening.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, at around 9 p.m., they got a call about a person hit and killed at the intersection of Mercer University Drive near Wellworth Avenue.
Corporal Emmett Bivins with the sheriff's office says when they made it to the scene and were trying to find the man, he was hit again by a deputy's patrol car.
Bivins says the victim, 64-year-old Hilton Lucas, was already dead when the deputy hit him.
It was reported that at the time of the accident, a car was seen speeding away from scene, heading west on Mercer University Drive.
Lucas' death is Macon's 7th pedestrian death of 2021, according to Jones.
Georgia State Patrol is on the scene leading the investigation.
If you have any information on this case, you can call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500, or the Georgia State Patrol at (478) 993-3000.