Authorities: Hit-and-run driver kills man in wheelchair

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A man in a wheelchair who was trying to cross a roadway was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said,

An SUV was traveling southbound on the Harrisburg Pike in Franklin Township when it hit the man around 10:25 p.m. Monday, just south of Big Tree Drive, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The SUV driver did not stop and continued traveling southbound as a witness called 911, authorities said.

The man was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. His name has not been released.

The accident remains under investigation.