Chapel Hill Police are investigating a motor-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Monday afternoon.

According to authorities, the incident occurred in the 400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Chapel Hill Town Hall. One person was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has been the site of several pedestrian-related collisions. In February 2020, a vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian near the street’s intersection of Homestead Road. A few months earlier, a pedestrian was struck while jaywalking near Perkins Drive. In 2018, motorists killed two pedestrians: one near Critz Drive and another near Westminster Drive.

“It’s always important for everyone to remember that community safety is a shared responsibility,” Chapel Hill Interim Communications Manager Ran Northam said in a statement. “When you are traveling, you’re doing so in a shared space. Whether you are a person who is driving, walking, biking, or rolling, please do so with your attention on the space in front of you and around you. Phones down; eyes up. Limit distractions as much as possible.”

 

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