ALEX_ Tragedy struck the local community Sunday morning when a young man lost his life in a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Alex.

Deputy Sean Knight, of the Grady County Sheriff’s office said, “We received a call that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle at approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday. The accident happened near the 700 block of Lake Street. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene and was later arrested for leaving the scene of a fatality accident and is currently being held in the county jail.”

Knight said the driver and the victim left the same party, just prior to the incident.

“We’re unclear how the two knew each other or the extent of their relationship, be it friends or acquaintances. We do know they came from the same party though, and alcohol was present.”

Knight said he could not release the names of those involved, but The Oklahoma Highway Patrol listed alcohol as the cause of a crash in which Bryson Anthony Braziel, 20, was killed.

Troopers said Braziel died after stepping in front of a pickup in an attempt to stop it when he was struck and killed.

The driver of the pickup, Justin Lee Tillman, 20, of Chickasha fled the scene, according to the patrol, and was later arrested.

Troopers said Braziel died at the scene.

It the third traffice-related fatality in the area in less than a week.

David Leslie Lee of Minco died when the motorcyle he was riding hit deer at about 9 p.m. Wednesday on State Highway 152 near Binger in Caddo County.

A drill rig semi truck ran through a stop sign and slammed into a tractor-trailer in Grady County, killing a Duncan man who was thrown from the wreckage.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 62-year-old Darryl Jensen died in the crash Wednesday on state Highway 17 west of Rush Springs.