[Moonman62]

The police say it was in the intersection. However, Google Maps shows Northampton Road is eight lanes with no crosswalk, so I can guess what happened.

Police press release:

https://www.vbgov.com/news/pages/selected.aspx?release=4412&title=vehicle%2fpedestrian+accident+northampton+boulevard%2fbaker+road

[pgkdan]

Northampton Road is eight lanes with no crosswalk, so I can guess what happened.

I live not far from there and my office is a block away. Northampton Blvd is more like a highway than a regular road but it is well lit and marked and has crosswalks at every major intersection. If he was crossing at Baker Road, it's lit and has painted crosswalks.

[GOP Congress]

Here is the actual intersection taken with evil Google's map tool (click image for higher resolution):

There are pedestrian walks crossing the smaller Baker St. Road, but no crosswalks crossing the much bigger Northampton Blvd. In addition, news reports say that the western Northampton Blvd. was closed, but not sure where Whittaker would have been hit. Perhaps in the right-turn lane from Northampton westbound to Baker St. Northbound, but that wouldn't normally close the entire side of the street. My guess is that Whittaker was trying to walk across the road toward Bojangles, and got hit by an unsuspecting motorist.

That's 100% speculation, though. Since the motorist was cooperating and there was no indication (as of yet) of any traffic infractions (DUI, speeding, texting), we'll have to wait to hear the actual sequence of events.