Police ID Senior Citizen Pedestrian Killed After Being Hit By Car In North Austin

NORTH AUSTIN, TX — Police on Thursday released the name of a senior citizen pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car last week.

Ronnie Lee Hall, 65, was struck along the 1830 block of East Anderson Lane just before 9 a.m. on March 24. A preliminary investigation found a silver Volvo was traveling eastbound along the artery at the east-to-west turnaround while Hall was crossing mid-block eastbound when he was hit by the car's right side.

Hall was rushed to University Medical Center Brackenridge with critical injuries, and pronounced dead just after 8 p.m. that same day. Police noted that Hall had previous "Pedestrian in the Roadway" offenses for walking across streets not marked for pedestrian crossing.

In a press release, police didn't indicate if the driver would face any charges.

The incident marked Austin's 16th fatal traffic crash of the year, two more than at the same point last year.

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