Pedestrian may have hit car’s windshield

Jace Radke

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 | 9:36 a.m.

A woman who told police that someone hit her windshield with a rock may have actually hit a pedestrian who was killed as she attempted to cross Charleston Boulevard Tuesday night.

The 78-year-old woman took her 1997 Saturn to a repair shop Wednesday. The repairman was suspicious of the damage to her windshield and called detectives, police said. The woman told investigators she reported the incident to Metro Police Tuesday night.

Detectives determined that what the woman thought was a rock was actually 42-year-old Lynette Spiller, who was making her way across Charleston near Lamb Boulevard about 5:20 p.m.

Detectives said the 78-year-old woman was driving on Charleston about 5:20 p.m. when witnesses reported that Spiller was hit by a small compact car that left the scene. Spiller was then run over by a sport utility vehicle that also left the scene, and a third car, which came to a stop with her body pinned underneath it.

Jaywalking and alcohol use on the part of Spiller may have played a role in the accident, police said.

Police have not filed any charges against the first driver, but will submit the case to the district attorney's office for review.

Police are still looking for the driver of the SUV, and anyone with information about the accident is asked to call police at 229-4341 or Secret Witness at 385-5555.