A 91-year-old man was walking across the Hunter Road Kangaroo parking lot today when he was hit in the head by a ladder in the back of a pickup truck, Chattanooga police said.
Charles Hugenberger was struck in the head by the ladder. John Harris Jr., 21, was backing up his 2001 Ford Ranger and did not have a caution flag on the ladder during the incident, according to a police department news release.
Mr. Harris was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian and not having a warning flag attached to the ladder, police said.
Mr. Hugenberger was transported to the hospital for nonemergency injuries.