According to the Raleigh Police Department, James Walker Jr, 59, was lying in the parking lot under the right side by the rear tire of a flatbed wrecker parked in a parking lot on Avent Ferry Road when the wrecker hit him as the driver pulled away to respond to a call.
Walke was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No charges have been filed.
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