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Man dies day after being struck by car on busy Charlotte road

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday night on East. W.T. Harris Boulevard, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

[Pedestrian struck, killed on Independence Boulevard in east Charlotte]

Police said Michael Putnam, 30, walked in front of a Dodge car at about 8:30 p.m. in the middle of the road near Hickory Grove Road.

The driver of the Dodge stopped at the scene and was not injured.

Putnam was taken to a hospital and died the following day.

Putnam was wearing dark clothes and was not in a crosswalk, police said.

No charges were filed.

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