Pedestrian critically injured in accident identified

Hopkinsville police have identified the man critically injured in the vehicle versus pedestrian accident from Monday night on East 21st Street.

Sgt. Mike Atkins says 53-year old Derrick Baker of Hopkinsville was flown to Skyline Medical Center after he was struck by a westbound car driven by 21-year old Katilyn Orten of Pembroke near the intersection with Croft Street.

Orten told police she never saw Baker before striking him and police said there had been a report of a man in the road made to HPD prior to the collision.

The incident remains under investigation.