RED OAK – On Monday, April 28 around 9:47 p.m., dispatchers at the Northern Ellis Emergency Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 call about a major accident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the southbound lanes of the 400 block of South Interstate Highway 35E.
A juvenile male attempted to cross N I-35 East to West with some friends when he made it to the Jersey barrier, jumped it, and crossed the southbound lanes.
He lost one of his Crocs (shoes) and in an attempt to retrieve it, in the lane of traffic, was struck by a motorist in the number one lane of the highway S/B, instantly killing him…