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Last updated on Monday, July 27, 2015
(SALEM) - A Salem man was struck by a vehicle and killed Saturday night after leaving a local bar.
According to the Salem Police Department, officers were called to Luke's Tavern on West Mulberry Street at 9:45 p.m. after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in front of the bar.
Witness statements report that 48-year-old Gregory Lee Shell of Salem had just left Luke's Tavern and was walking south across West Mulberry Street when he was struck by a vehicle.
Shell died at the scene.
Witnesses told police a semi tractor-trailer and another vehicle could have been involved.
Detectives with the Washington County Sheriff's Department and the Salem Police Department are investigating the accident.
Police say a reconstruction of the accident was being conducted to determine which vehicle struck Shell.
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