Police: Moyock man walking in road fatally hit by car

MOYOCK, N.C.

A Moyock man was killed by a passing car Sunday night as he walked down the middle of Puddin Ridge Road.

Zachary Story, 23, of Wildwood Estates was killed about 9 p.m. when a 19-year-old woman going in the same direction struck him, said Trooper James Chappell of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

Story was returning home from a nearby restaurant, wearing dark clothing and walking in the middle of Puddin Ridge Road, Chappell said. There was evidence of alcohol consumption by Story, he said.

Wildwood Estates is a neighborhood near the end of Puddin Ridge Road. Driving a 1999 Honda, the woman was also headed to her home in Wildwood Estates. No charges are pending against the driver.