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Hopkins Co. teen dies after being hit by vehicle

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HOPKINS CO., KY (WFIE) -

An 18-year-old has died at St. Mary's Medical Center after being struck by a vehicle.

The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office says just before 11:30 Thursday night dispatch received a call from Caleb Driver who stated he just hit a person walking in the roadway on White Plains Road.

Officer's determined 18-year-old Isaac Wilkerson had been walking in the middle of White Plains Road, a half mile from White City Road when driver struck Wilkerson with the right front bumper of his vehicle.

Wilkerson was taken to Trover Health Systems before being transferred to St. Mary's.

This accident is still under investigation. 

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