Orange County

Chapel Hill police release name of pedestrian killed in Tuesday night accident

The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating an accident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. The pedestrian, Stephen Daniel Taylor, 56, of Chapel Hill, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident took place around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in a southbound lane of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Westminster Drive, Chapel Hill police reported.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation and no additional details have been provided by Chapel Hill police.

Cliff Bellamy: 919-419-6744, @CliffBellamy1

This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 8:01 AM with the headline "Chapel Hill police release name of pedestrian killed in Tuesday night accident."

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