A Trion man has been charged in Walker County after he was hit by a vehicle last Friday on the Old Trion Highway.  Authorities in neighboring Walker County say that the pedestrian was at fault in the accident because he was under the influence.

 Last Friday, forty-nine year old James Riley Hewitt of Trion was walking along the Trion Highway when he was sturck by a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu driven by nineteen year old Cody Jonathan Gaskey of LaFayette.

According to the Georgia State Patrol Post in LaFayette, Hewitt walked into the right side of the oncoming vehicle and was struck causing injury.  Hewitt was transported to Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe.

Hewitt was charged with pedestrian under the influence of alcohol and pedestrian must walk on sidewalk/shoulder.