READING, Pa. \u2013 A 70-year-old man was hit by a pickup last month and recently died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
Robert Bruce Bellairs, Jr., was pronounced dead Saturday at a local hospital, Berks County Coroner Matthew Stitzel said in a news release.<\/p>\n
The man was struck by the pickup truck on Oct. 7. about 7:13 p.m. in the 300 block of North 5th Street in Reading, the release said.<\/p>\n
The coroner says Bellairs was crossing the road when he was hit by a southbound pickup truck.<\/p>\n
The driver remained at the scene, the coroner says. Bellairs was transported by ambulance to Reading Hospital. He died from his injuries about a month after the incident.<\/p>\n
The cause of death was due to complications of multiple traumatic head injuries, the coroner said. It was ruled accidental.<\/p>\n
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