Father of five killed in hit-and-run while helping stranger, family says

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A family is calling for answers after a father of five was killed in a hit-and-run crash.

David Pierce of Byhalia, Mississippi was killed just before midnight last Sunday at Lamar and American Way.

His brother, Chris Pierce, says David was killed when he got out of his car to help a stranger, a man who was passed out in a car in the center lane. He says they used flashlights to alert other cars.

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When David and another brother went to check on the man, Chris says a dark gray Nissan Armada flew down the street, trying to beat a yellow light, and hit David, leaving him unconscious on the ground…

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