Police know how a homeless man died in east Topeka crash

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Police Department (TPD) knows how a homeless man died in a vehicle and pedestrian crash in November.

According to TPD records, Emmett Leatherwood, 72, of Topeka, was walking east across the street in the 1900 block of Southeast Adams Street without a crosswalk, when a woman was driving south on the same road. The vehicle hit Leatherwood, then drove west on Southeast Adams Street until it hit a curb and came to a stop.

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