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Two transported to hospital after auto-pedestrian accident in Harker Heights

Posted at 5:51 PM, May 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-20 18:51:09-04

HARKER HEIGHTS, TX — Harker Heights police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident that happened Monday morning.

Police said at 10:42 a.m., emergency services were notified of a vehicle and pedestrian accident in the 700 block of Prospector Trail.

First responders arrived and located two victims who were struck by a 2005 silver Ford Escape.

The preliminary crash investigation indicates the Ford Escape was traveling eastbound when it collided with the two victims who were walking in the same direction.

A 40-year-old woman was airlifted by Life Flight Services to Baylor Scott and White with incapacitating injuries. A 54-year-old woman was transported to the hospital by ambulance to Seton Hospital with incapacitating injuries as well.

The driver of the Ford Escape was uninjured.

This is an ongoing investigation.