Police: Pedestrian, 23, killed when he walks into path of pickup in WPB

WEST PALM BEACH — A 23-year-old Boynton Beach man was killed late Friday night when he crossed a West Palm Beach street and walked into the path of a pickup truck, police said today.

Mikel Mouaddeb died of his injuries after being struck by a 2017 Nissan Frontier at about 10:45 p.m. Friday, July 25, as he crossed Southern Boulevard near the intersection with Kirk Road, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a report.

Deputies said Samuel Agustin, 47, of West Palm Beach was traveling east in his pickup on Southern Boulevard, approaching the Kirk Road intersection, when he moved into the right-turn lane in order to head onto Kirk Road going south…

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