Police reopen Veterans Parkway after SUV-pedestrian accident

Posted on September 27, 2019
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Accident reconstructionists investigate Thursday night’s SUV-pedestrian accident on Veterans Parkway, near East Empire. (HOI-ABC photo)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Authorities reported a sport utility vehicle hit a pedestrian on Bloomington’s east side Thursday night, shutting down the city’s busiest roadway for almost four hours.

The Bloomington Fire Department said it took a man to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center after the vehicle hit him at about 8:30 p.m. on Veterans Parkway, just north of East Empire Street.

His condition and other information about the man are not available.

Police closed Veterans Parkway in both directions from Eastland Drive north to Clearwater Avenue while accident reconstructionists conducted an investigation.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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