Dayton man struck, killed while walking on Harrison Twp. street identified

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A 65-year-old Dayton man was hit by a vehicle and killed Saturday evening while walking along a Harrison Twp. roadway.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Marc Shackleford.

Shackleford was walking in the westbound lanes of Turner Road just after 7 p.m. when he was struck by a silver 2002 Chevrolet Impala headed west near North Main Street. The driver of the Impala, a 43-year-old woman, stopped and called 911, according to a release from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Shackleford was reported dead at the scene.

After the man was struck, several other vehicles also hit the pedestrian but did not stop, the release stated.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dispatch Center at 937-225-HELP (4357).

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