Vero Beach Man, 81, in Wheelchair Killed in Early Morning Crash

VERO BEACH — An 81-year-old man using a wheelchair died Monday after a car struck him along a roadside in Vero Beach, authorities said.

The incident happened shortly before 7 a.m. on 30th Street, just off U.S. 1 and south of Aviation Boulevard, according to Vero Beach police spokesperson Officer Kelsea Callahan.

The man, whose name was not released, was traveling along the edge of the two-lane road — which lacks sidewalks — when an eastbound BMW sedan hit him, Callahan said…

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