A male pedestrian was taken Monday night to Floyd Medical Center after being hit by a vehicle on Burnett Ferry Road around 9 p.m. An update on his condition was not available by press time.

Rome police and Rome-Floyd Fire Department officials responded to the scene. According to Capt. Rodney Bailey, of the Rome Police Department, the unidentified male pedestrian was walking south when a vehicle, also traveling south, hit him.

Capt. Danny Lee of the Rome-Floyd Fire Department said the male had a pulse when officials examined him at the scene, though his breathing was labored.

Bailey said the unidentified driver was issued a citation for DUI after being given a field-sobriety test at the scene. Both the driver and the pedestrian were taken to Floyd Medical Center for evaluation.

It was the second recent incident involving a pedestrian hit near a roadway.

On Friday night, Catherine Lynn Hand, 22, of Rome, was killed after being struck on Shorter Avenue.

Deputy Coroner Ernie Studard said Hand was pronounced dead at 1 a.m. at the Floyd Medical Center Emergency room Saturday.

Hand was struck by a tractor-trailer traveling east near Shorter Industrial Boulevard, police said. She was then struck several more times.

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