CONWAY — Police have identified the man who was struck and killed on East Main Street on Monday night as 59-year-old Phillip Martin of Center Conway.
At about 10:30 p.m. Monday, the department was notified that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle on East Main Street near the intersection of Odell Hill Road.
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