BEAUMONT, Texas — Southbound Cardinal Drive was shut down before 4th Street after a fatal auto pedestrian accident in Beaumont Friday night.
Darrell Henderson, 44, was pronounced dead by Beaumont EMS at the scene at 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 24.
A car was in the left lane traveling southbound in the 3700 block of West Cardinal Drive when Henderson went onto the roadway on a bicycle and the car hit him, Officer Haley Morrow said in a news release.
Traffic was detoured at the Fannett Road exit after the accident at 11:04 p.m., Beaumont Police said.
All lanes reopened around 1:46 a.m. Saturday, May 25, Beaumont Police said in a tweet.
Beaumont Police are still investigating the incident, Morrow said.
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