(Polk County, IA) -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office is releasing the name of a pedestrian who died after being hit by an S-U-V. The Sheriff's Office says 77-year-old Jack Waters of Des Moines was hit shortly before 7 o'clock Thursday night in the 5,000 block of NE 14th Street. Deputies arrived and started lifesaving measures, Medics from Saylor Township also arrived and began measures, but Waters died at the scene. The driver remained at the location and is cooperating.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Waters was walking eastbound across NE 14th Street in the 5000 block when a northbound 2007 Chevy Tahoe struck him.