Update 8 PM:

Trooper Doug Shamblin with the Georgia State Patrol told WZQZ News on Thursday evening that a sixty-two-year-old Trion man was struck and killed after stepping out into traffic on Highway 27 in Trion near Peach State Credit Union around 4:30 PM.  Trooper Shamblin said that James Kay walked into the path of a southbound vehicle and was struck.  He was taken to the nearby Chattooga Emergency Department, but succumbed to his injuries.

Posted earlier:

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Highway 27 in Trion near Peach State Federal Credit Union around 4:30 this (Thursday) afternoon. The victim was transported but their condition has not been released. The Georgia State Patrol is working the accident. WZQZ News will have more information as it becomes available.