Weekend Accident Sends Pedestrian to the Hospital

LONGVIEW — A pedestrian goes to the hospital following a weekend accident in Longview. On Sunday at 7:33 p.m., officers were dispatched to an accident with injuries in the 1700 Block of East Marshall Avenue. When officers arrived, they found the victim, 59-year-old Lewis Castillo of Longview, still lying in the roadway. According to witnesses, the victim was attempting to cross the roadway where there was not a crosswalk. A 2010 red Ford Focus, driven by Delia Rivera Vega of Longview, was traveling east on East Marshal Avenue. Castillo apparently walked into the roadway in front of Vega’s car. Castillo was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.