NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police are investigating after a man was hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street Saturday afternoon.
Newport News police said it got a call on Saturday, April 17 just after 2 p.m. about an auto-pedestrian crash that happened on Jefferson Avenue, near Riverlands Drive.
When officers got to the scene, they found 71-year-old Norman Joseph Knott had been hit by a vehicle. Knott, who lived in the first block of Riverlands Drive, died at the scene.
According to the police investigation, Knot was not in a crosswalk when he was hit by the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was not hurt in the crash and stayed on the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
