BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police are investigating a deadly auto-pedestrian accident. The accident happened just after midnight on Sunday, September 29 off Washington avenue.
Police responded to the scene and found Emily Jane Williams, 71, was hit while trying to cross the road.
Williams' last known address was in Beaumont, but she was transient when she died, Officer Carol Riley said in a news release.
Witnesses told police that the woman had just asked them for money in the parking lot before she was hit.
According to a press release, next of kin has been notified.
