One person was injured Tuesday morning after a pedestrian collision at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive.

Chapel Hill Police were called to the scene around 10:50 a.m. Their investigation found that Jason Ward, 46, was driving south on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and made a left turn to travel east on Estes Drive. While making the turn, Ward struck the pedestrian who was using a marked crosswalk to cross Estes Drive.

The pedestrian has since been taken to UNC Hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.

The Chapel Hill Police Department charged Ward, an Efland resident, with failure to yield to pedestrian in a clearly marked crosswalk or regular pedestrian crossing.

Last week, dozens of people gathered along the sidewalks of North Estes Drive to advocate for more pedestrian safety measures. This demonstration came after two teenagers were struck while using a marked crosswalk near Phillips Middle School and Estes Drive’s intersection with Caswell Road on December 31. 

For the past year, the Chapel Hill Police Department has been conducting “speed-enforcement operations” to encourage safe driving along Chapel Hill’s busiest roads and cut down on pedestrian injuries. These patrols were most recently conducted this Monday as well as Tuesday morning.

Find the list of Chapel Hill’s ongoing traffic-safety initiatives and police operations here.

 

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