TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A pedestrian in Topeka was killed after being struck by several vehicles, and a teenage driver is in custody for allegedly fleeing the scene.
The accident happened around 7:10 a.m. Tuesday near 21st and Fillmore. Police said 41-year-old Dennis Leroy McFeeters Jr. of Topeka was in the street when he was struck by a passing motorist, then by several other vehicles.
McFeeters was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the 18-year-old driver of the vehicle that first struck McFeeters fled the scene but later turned himself in.
