Charges pending in Tucson pedestrian fatal in parking lot

Investigators say both driver and pedestrian are to blame

TUCSCON, Ariz. (AP) - Tucson police say charges are pending against the impaired driver of a vehicle that hit a pedestrian in a convenience store parking lot whom later died.

Police have identified the victim of Tuesday night’s collision at a Circle K on East Grant Road as 29-year-old David Lamberto.

They said Thursday that an initial investigation determined Lamberto had been sitting, squatting and acting erratically in the parking lot before he was struck at about 8:30 p.m.

The Ford 500 hit him and proceeded to drag him as it pulled into a parking space.

Investigators say the driver’s impairment and the pedestrian’s erratic behavior contributed to the death.