A PEDESTRIAN WALKING ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD IN CLARKSVILLE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED THIS MORNING BY A VEHICLE.

            CLARKSVILLE POLICE SAY AROUND 5:17 A.M., 24-YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER RUTHERFORD OF CLARKSVILLE WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD WHEN HE SAW A MALE PEDESTRIAN STANDING IN HIS LANE OF TRAVEL.

            POLICE SAY THE 27-YEAR OLD PEDESTRIAN WAS WEARING DARK CLOTHING AND WAS LOOKING DOWN AT HIS CELL PHONE IN HIS HAND AND RUTHERFORD SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING HIM BUT, HIT HIM IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE ACROSS FROM THE WINNDER CIRCLE MOTEL.

            ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE PEDESTRIAN DIED ON THE SCENE AND HIS NAME WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL FAMILY MEMBERS ARE NOTIFIED.

            POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE FATALITY AND SAY BLOOD WAS DRAWN AT THE SCENE AND WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.

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