A pedestrian is dead following a crash involving a Gilchrist County Sheriff’s deputy early Monday morning.
Gilchrist County Sheriff’s officials and Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a deputy was patrolling near the Capital City Bank in Fanning Springs just after 1 a.m.
The deputy turned into the parking lot. The pedestrian, a 41-year-old from Bronson, was laying in a dark part of the parking lot. The deputy was driving through the parking lot and did not see the man and hit him.
Gilchrist County Fire Rescue was dispatched to the scene and pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the cause of the crash.
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Source: wcjb
