Morristown, TN (WOKI) A Rogersville woman is dead after being hit by a truck Monday morning near Morristown hospital.
Morristown Police Department officials say officers responded around 7:30 a.m. to a deadly pedestrian crash on North High Street at the intersection of Watercrest Street.
They report 41-year-old Elizabeth Block, an employee of Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, was traversing the crosswalk near the facility when she was struck by a pickup truck driven by a 73-year-old Jefferson City resident.
Authorities say the driver of the pickup failed to yield, striking and killing Block.
Charges against the driver have not been filed, but police did administer a drug test. Those results are pending, and the crash remains under investigation.
