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Published: 2012-10-08 21:09:00
Updated: 2012-10-08 23:28:14

Family of Clayton hit-and-run victim wants driver to come forward


Kenneth Clark
Kenneth Clark
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The sisters of a Clayton man who has been in WakeMed's intensive care unit since he was struck in a hit-and-run crash last week say they want the driver responsible to come forward.

Kenneth Clark, 51, was sitting near the roadway at the intersection of West Main and Mulberry streets around 9 p.m. Thursday when he was hit, police said. According to witnesses, Clark was hit by a utility trailer being pulled by a white pickup truck – possibly a Ford F-150.

Police said Friday that the driver may not be aware of the accident, but Clark's family said they want to see an arrest.

"We're very angry. We want some answers. We want to know what happened," said Clark's sister Tina Clark-Smith.

"I would just like for somebody to come forward," said Jenifer Ray, another sister.

Clark has undergone three surgeries, with a fourth scheduled for Tuesday, and suffered multiple bone fractures in his back and ribs.

Clark-Smith and Ray said their brother was known around town as friendly and easygoing.

"There's not a moment you come through Clayton (that) you don't see Kenny, as people around town know him," Clark-Smith said.

She said she hopes someone in the area saw the crash, and that they will come forward with information leading to the driver.

"I don't see how they could be so cold-hearted, you know, to hit a human being and leave him beside the road to die," Ray said.

Clark-Smith said the family isn't giving up hope for her brother's quick recovery and an arrest.  

Anyone with information about the incident should call Clayton police or Clayton Crime Stoppers at 919-359-8479. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for tips that help solve cases and callers never have to identify themselves.


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Police said Friday that the driver may not be aware of the accident, but Clark's family said they want to see an arrest.

"We're very angry. We want some answers. We want to know what happened," said Clark's sister Tina Clark-Smith. Kenneth Clark, 51, was sitting near the roadway at the intersection of West Main and Mulberry streets around 9 p.m."

So a black man was sitting NEAR a road at 9pm at night and was hit by a utility trailer being pulled by an f150 ON THE ROAD?!?! Sounds like this guy staggered into the road after the truck had passed.... = pedestrian at fault.... and I agree with the article... the driver never had a clue this guy got hit.... Either way.. an unfortunate accident due to pedestrian negligence.... based on the facts presented in the article... Hope the man recovers... and becomes more cautious when crossing the road at night...

It appears that he walked or staggered into the trailer after the truck pulling the trailer had passed him. Don't know of any other scenario for this to happen.

The man that was sitting in the roadway was arrested in December 2011 for identity theft and in November 2011 for communicating threats. Hopefully for his sake he will have learned something from this series of events.

"I don't see how they could be so cold-hearted, you know, to hit a human being and leave him beside the road to die," Ray said. Well, as mentioned in the article, "Police said Friday that the driver may not be aware of the accident." And it states that he was sitting "near the roadway". Does that mean for instance that he could have been sitting on the curb, which is pretty much in the street? While it's sad the man was hurt, sitting "near the roadway" isn't the best idea in the first place.

I don't see how they could be so cold-hearted, you know, to hit a human being and leave him beside the road to die," Ray said.

Someone did hit my brother in law and he did die, that was 10 yrs ago and they have nothing on who did it.

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