PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — The pedestrian who died in a fatal crash in Salem Thursday evening has been identified as 51-year-old David Henten Stockam, the Salem Police Department said.
The family of Stockam, a Salem resident, has been notified of his death — marking the city’s third traffic fatality of the year — police said.
Emergency responders were called to the area of Mission Street Southeast and Hawthorne Avenue Southeast at roughly 6:15 p.m. Thursday evening after it was reported that a pedestrian was struck by a car east of the intersection. Firefighters responding to the scene pronounced the man — later identified as Stockam — dead, police said.
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The investigation closed down a portion of Mission Street Southeast for roughly four hours.
Police initially reported the incident as a hit-and-run since the person who called it in said the involved driver left the scene. However, authorities later clarified the investigation revealed the driver stopped and called police a few blocks from where the incident happened.