Martin Luther King Parkway accident claims one life

A 24 year old man is dead after an accident on Wilmington’s Martin Luther King Parkway Thursday night. It happened around 8:45 p.m. near the Highway 133 exit.

Investigators told NewsChannel 3 the victim’s car was stopped on the side of the road and he was outside of it when he was hit and killed.

The westbound lanes of MLK were blocked off for about two hours.

Highway patrol is investigating.