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APD Investigating Overnight Accident

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Amarillo Police are investigating an accident which left one person dead.

According to APD, on May 17 at 9:31PM, APD officers were dispatched to an accident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the 4800 block of east Amarillo Boulevard. Officers were told that Shan Gol Baw, 61, was walking northbound across East Amarillo Boulevard, not in a cross walk. Baw walked in front of a 2014 Chevrolet Cruse that was eastbound. The Chevrolet was driven by a 31-year-old female. Baw died at the scene from injuries received in the collision. The driver of the Chevrolet and two juvenile passengers were uninjured.

Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones has ordered an autopsy.

This incident is under investigation by the APD Traffic Investigation Squad.

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