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Driver and victim ID’d in Kettering pedestrian strike

UPDATE @ 11:40 a.m.:

The driver has been identified as Lawrence S. Byrdsong, 53, of Kettering, according to a Kettering crash report.

The victim, Elizabeth S. Cardwell, 41, of Dayton, was taken to Kettering Medical Center with life-threatening injuries Saturday, according to the report.

Hospital officials were unable to provide an update on her condition Monday morning.

INITIAL STORY -- July 15:

A 41-year-old woman is in ICU after she was struck by a vehicle in Kettering Saturday morning.

Kettering dispatchers confirmed a man struck the female with his vehicle on West Stroop Road near Stoneridge Road around 2:40 a.m.

Police were able to locate the man who reportedly thought he had hit a deer using intersection cameras, according to Kettering Police Department Sgt. Larry Warren. He pulled over “down the street” to check his vehicle in a parking lot for damage, dispatchers told us.

The man was reported “very upset” when police told the man he had actually hit a woman instead of a deer.

Warren said the area where the woman was struck was very dark and wooded. He said police do not know why she was crossing the street there. There was no crosswalk.

Warren describes the woman as being in “very bad shape” after the accident and remains in Kettering Medical Center.

The driver of the vehicle does not face criminal charges, Warren said.

Police are not releasing the identity of the woman at this time.

We are working to learn more and will update this story as information becomes available.

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