MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man walking along the side of a road in Berkeley County was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle.
West Virginia State Police report being dispatched just before 7 p.m. to the 100 block of Baker Road in Berkeley County for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.
“Upon arrival, Sergeant North discovered a 2016 Jeep Cherokee driven by Jaime Bayliss, a 53-year-old female from Martinsburg, West Virginia, was travelling West bound on Baker Road and
had struck a pedestrian who was walking along the right shoulder,” according to the press release from the WVSP-Martinsburg detachment.
The pedestrian, identified as Samuel Alberto Alomino Rivera, 29, of Martinsburg, was transported to Berkeley Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
Bayliss did not sustain any injuries as a result of the crash. WVSP did not announce any charges in its initial press release, but said the investigation is ongoing.
