A man was struck and killed by a car after police say he ran onto East Broadway Saturday night after shoplifting from a nearby store.
Nicholas James Hernandez, 32, died after being taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital after he was struck by a car about 9 p.m. on Broadway near North Wilmot Road, Tucson police said in a news release.
Police determined that before the crash, Hernandez had allegedly shoplifted from a business on the northeast corner of the intersection, the news release said.
Hernandez was seen running from the business and into the westbound lanes when he was struck by a silver 2003 Nissan Sentra, police said.
The driver of the Nissan stopped after the crash and cooperated with the investigation. A DUI officer determined that the driver was not impaired at the time of the crash, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
