Pedestrian Run Over In Upshur County

A pedestrian was killed while walking on Hwy 80 about 4 miles west of Gladewater in Upshur County. The initial report by State Troopers indicates the driver of a pickup, a Hawkins man, was traveling west on US 80,  when he crested a hill and struck 50-year-old Samuel Steven Lawrence of Alexandria LA, who was walking in the middle the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.