PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A pedestrian died when he walked into the path of a vehicle on the border with Palm Beach Gardens, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
The crash was reported at 7:39 p.m. on New Year's Day at 8000 N. Military Trail.
A 53-year-old woman was driving a 2017 Honda Accord southbound on Military Trail in the outside lane, according to the crash report.
The pedestrian was crossing the southbound lanes, and walked into the path of the Honda.
The front of the car struck the right side of the man. He hit the passenger-side hood and slid into the windshield. Then he struck the roadway, coming to rest west of Military Trail south of the area of impact.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead on the scene by Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue. The driver was uninjured.
On Wednesday, PBSO identified the pedestrian as Hector Garcia, 46, of Palm Beach Gardens, by coworkers and friends.
On Wednesday in Palm Beach County, another pedestrian was struck and killed by a 2005 Toyota Corolla in the 2300 block of Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach.
Miguel Francisco Francisco, 85, of Lake Worth Beach, was standing within the continuous turn lane on the highway about 100 feet south of a marked crosswalk, waiting to cross the road from east to west.
As the Corolla, driven by a 29-year-old Lake Worth Beach woman, was going southbound in the outside lane, the pedestrian darted into the southbound lanes.
The front of the car struck him, and he went onto the roadway.
He was taken by Palm Beach Fire Rescue to St.Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach where he died shortly later.
