A driver has been charged after a pedestrian was hit and killed early Monday morning, Raleigh Police said.
Officers responded at 3:26 a.m. to a crash at the top of the South Wilmington Street bridge that crosses over South Saunders Street.
A man was walking on the right shoulder of South Wilmington Street when he was hit by a car. The impact sent the pedestrian over the bridge onto South Saunders Street, where he was subsequently hit by several other cars. The pedestrian, 59-year-old Robert Jackson Henderson, died from his injuries.
The suspect vehicle, a blue Honda CR-V, then struck the wall, sustaining heavy front-end damage. The driver left the car on top of the bridge in the roadway and fled on foot…