UPDATE (11:06 a.m., March 7, 2023) — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s office confirms the pedestrian struck in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, on Monday was a 58-year-old man.

Deputies say the man crossed the intersection on a bicycle and was struck by a vehicle turning from Big Tyler Road onto Washington Street West.

The KCSO says, “The male is suspected of being under the influence of drugs and inattentive at the time of the incident.”

The KCSO says responders took him to the hospital for a minor arm injury.

Deputies say the driver of the vehicle did not violate any traffic laws, but he was cited for not wearing a seatbelt. The driver was not injured in the crash, the KCSO says.


CROSS LANES, WV (WOWK) — Metro 911 dispatchers say responders are on the scene where a pedestrian was hit in the Cross Lanes, West Virginia, area.

Paramedics are also responding to assist one patient, dispatchers say. There is no information on the severity of injuries at this time.

The incident happened near the Cross Lanes Walgreens around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, according to Metro 911.

Tyler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office are the responders for this incident.