FLORIDA MAN DIES IN MORNINGSIDE ACCIDENT

A FLORIDA MAN IS DEAD FROM INJURIES AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK ACROSS GORDON DRIVE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY 54-YEAR OLD DANIEL LEIGHNINGER OF BRADENTON, FLORIDA SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AFTER HE WAS HIT CROSSING IN THE 3200 BLOCK OF GORDON DRIVE JUST BEFORE 6PM.

THE DRIVER OF THE PASSENGER VEHICLE WAS IDENTIFIED AS GAIL MEINEN OF SIOUX CITY.

POLICE SAY NEITHER DRUGS NOR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED IN THE MISHAP, NOR WAS SPEED A FACTOR. THERE IS NO DESIGNATED CROSSWALK WHERE LEIIGHNINGER WAS WALKING.

THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.