A 78-year-old man died Tuesday evening after he was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in Meridian, according to a news release from the Meridian Police Department.
According to the release, the man, identified by the Ada County Coroner’s Office as Meridian resident Richard Fletcher, was crossing Fairview Avenue at or near 5th Street when he was struck by a GMC Sierra driven eastbound on Fairview.
Police said they were called to the scene at around 7:30 p.m. and found witnesses and passersby rendering first aid to Fletcher. They said the driver of the GMC, also a 78-year-old man, remained at the scene and cooperated with police…