OH Man Rick Walcott ID’d As Pedestrian Struck In Monday Fatal OH-16 Hit-And-Run Crash

FRAZEYSBURG, OH. (THECOUNT) — Roderick “Rick” Walcott, of Frazeysburg, Ohio, has been identified as the pedestrian struck by multiple vehicles while on Ohio 16 Monday morning.

Walcott, 44, was traveling on Ohio-16 around 6:45 a.m. when he exited his vehicle and was struck by a utility truck traveling westbound.

The truck continued westbound, according to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

A second vehicle, a Honda Insight, then struck Walcott as he was laying in the roadway.

Walcott was later pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

At 2:30 p.m. the same day, Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators located the first vehicle, a 2018 Freightliner utility truck owner by Thayer Power Communication Line of Reynoldsburg, near Grove City. The driver, 30-year-old Jordan Kirk of West Lafayette was interviewed, according to the press release. source

The crash remains under investigation.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved man:

Frazeysburg is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along Wakatomika Creek. The population was 1,326 at the 2010 census. Frazeysburg is home to the world’s largest apple basket, which is located on the Longaberger homestead, source Wikipedia.