KETTERING — Police are releasing more information after a death investigation was launched into the death of a man some thought may have been hit by a car.
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Police were called to an apartment in the 2800 block of Bobbie Place on Monday night on reports of an unresponsive male.
Neighbors of the man, later identified as 77-year-old Barry Alvis, thought he may have been hit by a car.
“We have a neighbor that has been hit twice,” a 911 caller told dispatchers.
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When first responders got to the scene, they found Alvis unresponsive and tried to revive him, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
Police launched a potential fatal hit-and-run investigation, believing he may have been hit by a car but the facts they uncovered showed something else.
“We do know he was at a Speedway. He had suffered from a fall and I guess one of the Speedway employees had found him and rendered aid,” Officer Cynthia James, Public Information Officer for Kettering Police, said.
Police also said a Speedway employee gave him a ride home.
As shown on News Center 7 at 5:00, Barry’s sister-in-law, Fran Alvis, spoke to people who saw exactly what happened.
“(He) was walking and a car swerved and he dodged,” Fran said. “He was trying to dodge the car and fell.”
Fran told News Center 7 that after getting a ride home from the Speedway employee, Barry told his neighbors that he wanted to go in and lie down. Those neighbors found him in medical trouble a few hours later.
“They were checking on him and he was on the floor, face down,” she said. “He was already gone.”
The tragedy has been hard on the family. They’re glad there was no wrongdoing discovered but wish Barry, an Army veteran, would have let a doctor check him out.
The family suspects he hit his head when he fell and that played a role in his death. They’re waiting for a final autopsy to confirm his cause of death.
Barry’s family also urges others with loved ones who take falls to watch them closely.
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