HERMITAGE A Wheatland man died Saturday from injuries he suffered earlier this month when a vehicle struck him while he was walking along a road in Hermitage.

George Horbatuck, 44, died four days after the crash, Hermitage Police Chief Adam Piccirillo told 21 News.

Officers were called to Mercer Avenue last Wednesday just after 6 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian.

Piccirillo said Horbatuck was walking north on the southbound shoulder of Mercer Avenue southwest of South Buhl Farm Drive at the time of the incident.

A vehicle driven by a West Middlesex man was traveling south when it struck Horbatuck.

Ambulance crews treated Horbatuck at the scene before he was flown to a regional trauma center with severe injuries.

The chief said the crash remains under investigati

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