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Man dies after being hit by car in Beaumont's North End

The accident happened at Magnolia Street and Cable Street. The man was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m. Friday when he was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital.

BEAUMONT, Texas — A man died after a car hit him in the north end of Beaumont late Friday night. 

The accident happened at in the 2400 block of Magnolia Street near Cable Street at 9:04 p.m., Friday, August, 28, Beaumont Police Officer Haley Morrow said in a news release. Officers found the man laying near the roadway, Morrow said. The driver of the car told officers he was traveling northbound when he hit something in the road, turned around and found the man and immediately called Beaumont Police. 

The man was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m. after he was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital Justice of the Peace Ben Collins said. Collins also said he ordered an autopsy. 

Beaumont Police identified the man who was hit as Joseph Richard, 60, of Beaumont. 

Beaumont Police are still investigating this accident. 

Credit: KBMT

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