34-year-old Lawrence Garcia of Poteau has been identified as the man that died. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 1:19 PM CST December 18, 2020
POTEAU, Okla. A Poteau man is dead after being struck by a U-Haul truck in a Walmart parking lot, and the driver who allegedly fled the scene has been arrested.
On Thursday, Dec. 17, just after 9:00 p.m., Poteau Police officers received a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a boxy style storage truck in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter on North Broadway Street in Poteau, according to Poteau Chief of Police Stephen Fruen.
Chief Fruen says that responding officers found an injured male, later identified as 34-year-old Lawrence Garcia of Poteau. Garcia was transported to Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, Chief Fruen said.