Victim in fatal accident in Edinburg identified
Officials have released the identity of the 30-year-old man who died late Thursday night after he was struck by a vehicle while he was skateboarding.
Police were called to the 800 block of North Closner Boulevard at 10 p.m. Thursday, where they found a man, identified as Richard Orlando Hernandez, lying in the middle of the roadway and a black 2010 Ford F-250 pickup truck stopped in the center lane.
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According to a news release, Hernandez was riding his skateboard heading northbound in the center lane of North Closner Boulevard when he was struck by the Ford F-250 pickup truck.
The 17-year-old driver stopped and rendered aid to Hernandez until first responders arrived, the news release stated.