{"id":141362,"date":"2026-01-28T16:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141362\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:55:05","slug":"aransas-pass-pedestrian-killed-by-pickup-police-say-driver-not-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141362\/","title":{"rendered":"Aransas Pass pedestrian killed by pickup, police say driver not charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was struck after stepping into the roadway in Aransas Pass; police confirm the driver stopped and no charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>ARANSAS PASS, Texas \u2014 A 57-year-old man was struck and killed by a pickup truck on early Wednesday morning in Aransas Pass.<\/p>\n<p>The Aransas Pass Police Department said the accident occurred around 5:36 a.m. in the 2700 block of West Wheeler.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chief of police David Perkins said the pedestrian entered the roadway from the bushes when\u00a0he was hit by a 2015 Ford F-150.<\/p>\n<p>Police add that the driver stopped immediately and cooperated, calling authorities. &#8220;It was a collision, not a hit-and-run,&#8221; said Chief Perkins. &#8220;The driver pulled over and did what he could until officers and first responders arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First responders arrived quickly and administered aid, but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No citations were issued to the driver. The victim has not been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Police are reminding pedestrians to use crosswalks and intersections, especially in high-traffic areas with speed limits up to 55 mph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s best to cross when the lights and crosswalk signal allow,&#8221; said Chief Perkins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was struck after stepping into the roadway in Aransas Pass; police confirm the driver stopped and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-141362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}