Coroner identifies 82-year-old man hit by truck in Harrison Twp.

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An 82-year-old pedestrian died after he was hit by a truck in Harrison Twp. Thursday night.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified him as Sidney McFarland.

At 9:47 p.m., Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies responded to a pedestrian crash at Wadsworth and Needmore roads.

A semi-truck was parked in the Wadsworth Road median and the driver was exchanging information with McFarland, according to the sheriff’s office.

McFarland was standing in the southbound lane of Wadsworth Road and talking to the semi-truck driver when he was hit by a Dodge pickup truck.

Deputies immediately began medical care and CPR until Harrison Twp. medics arrived and took over care.

Medics transported McFarland to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Services Unit is continuing to investigate the crash.

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