A 77-year-old Juneau man died after being struck by a vehicle in front of the Foodland IGA Shopping Center on West Willoughby Avenue Friday afternoon.
After being hit, Joseph Rafferty was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital, then medevaced to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he died a few hours after he arrived, according to Harborview nursing staff.
The Juneau Police Department said in a release that they received multiple 911 calls starting at 1:07 p.m. reporting that the pedestrian had been hit. A bystander reported that a physician was on scene and performing CPR on Rafferty.
JPD officers and Capital City Fire/Rescue were dispatched to the scene. A 1991 Gray Ford Explorer driven by a 20-year-old woman struck the man, according to a police statement.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed yet.
