Pedestrian dies after Saturday car crash in west Springfield

A 39-year-old man has died after being hit by a car while crossing Sunshine Street on the evening of Saturday, March 7.

Springfield Police Department responded to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian at Sunshine Street and Zimmer Road in west Springfield at 9:34 p.m. Saturday, according to an SPD news release.

Ruth Myers, 79, was driving a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan eastbound on Sunshine when she hit Benson Mahan, of Battlefield. According to the release, Mahan was crossing southbound on Sunshine, outside of the crosswalk, at Zimmer…

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