Major Accident Investigation Team members of the Savannah-Chatham police department are trying to identify a man who died Wednesday night after being struck by an SUV on West Gwinnett Street.
The man was crossing Gwinnett going southbound just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard outside of the crosswalk just before 8 p.m. when he was struck by the Chevrolet Tahoe, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
He was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The SUV was being driven southbound on Gwinnett by a 28-year-old Savannah man.
Police continue to investigate the accident and to try to identify the victim.
Teen in serious but stable condition after being struck by truck
A 14-year-old who was struck by a truck late Wednesday afternoon was in serious but stable condition at a local hospital, a Savannah-Chatham police spokesman said.
Ryan Eston was hit by a truck on Mapmaker Lane, near Marshpoint Elementary School and Islands High School on Whitemarsh Island.
Officers from the police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team said he was crossing the street from the south and looked west but not east when he crossed the street.
Duoc Van Nguyen, 25, of Landward Way, was driving the gray Ford Ranger westbound, Miller said.
Package of marijuana leads to arrest
One man is in custody after allegedly stealing a package from a post office containing a large quantity of marijuana.
Cameron Nightingale, 23, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Savannah-Chatham police officers responded Tuesday to a report of a theft of a package at the U.S. Post Office on Victory Drive. The postal employee reported that a man attempted to claim the package.
However, authorities said the man quickly grabbed the package and fled on foot, after the employee refused turn it over after noticing the man’s name didn’t match the name on the package.
Police began canvassing the area where they located the package behind a nearby business and the male suspect, who was later identified as Nightingale.
A police K9 and members of the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team responded to the scene and determined the package likely contained a controlled substance.
CNT agents conducted a search of the abandoned package and found that it contained more than two pounds of marijuana.
Nightingale was being held at the Chatham County jail and is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Chatham County Recorder’s Court.
Authorities said additional charges may follow in the ongoing investigation.
Two men no longer sought in shooting
Savannah-Chatham police said Wednesday that they are no longer searching for two men wanted for questioning in the investigation of the shooting of two people on West Broughton Street Friday morning.
Julian Miller, police spokesman, said detectives had spoken with the men, who are no longer sought.
As many as 100 people were present near Broughton and Jefferson streets when a confrontation took place about 3 a.m.
One victim was treated at Memorial University Medical Center. Another was transported to the same hospital by private automobile with a non-life threatening wound.
Police had asked for the public’s help in locating the young men who were spotted driving away from the location in BMW.
Compiled by Corey Dickstein and Marcus E. Howard.