Updated: 6:47 PM CDT May 1, 2021
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) investigated a crash that resulted in a pedestrian death early Saturday morning on SH 7, about two miles east of Nacogdoches. The driver has not been found.
The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 1:25 a.m., a pedestrian was reportedly struck in the westbound lanes of SH 7. The driver that struck the pedestrian failed to stop at the scene of the crash and has not been located.
The pedestrian is identified as 60-year-old Charles Chandler from Center. Chandler was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash by a Nacogdoches County Justice of the Peace.