Glenn Heights man killed while walking across Loop 12 in Irving

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By BILL MILLER

wmiller@star-telegram.com

A Glenn Heights man was killed early Friday when he was struck by at least two and possibly three vehicles while walking across Loop 12 in southeast Irving.

Laviska Shenault, 39, had been a passenger in a vehicle that had stopped about 1:45 a.m. on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of Loop 12, said Officer David Tull, police spokesman.

"He got out of the vehicle and, for an undetermined reason, walked from west to east across the lanes of traffic," Tull said. "As he entered the inside lane he was struck by a silver 2003 F-150 pickup."

Shenault was knocked to the pavement and he was run over by a 2003 Acura, Tull said.

"Investigators state that he was possibly struck by another vehicle as well after that," Tull said.

Glenn Heights is a community that straddles the boundary between southwest Dallas County and Ellis County.

No other information was immediately available at 9:45 a.m.

BILL MILLER, 817-390-7684

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