In brief: Man recovering from injuries suffered when hit by car Friday

A pedestrian hit by a car near the intersection of Division Street and Second Avenue Friday evening has improved and is expected to survive.

The man in his 50s was not in a crosswalk and was wearing dark clothing when he was hit at about 6:30 p.m., said Spokane police Officer Ben Green. The driver of the car told police she didn’t see him in time to stop. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, but his condition had improved by 8 p.m., Green said.

An accident investigation was conducted because of the severity of the man’s injuries, but the driver was not at fault, he said.

“There’s no anticipated charges,” Green said. “It was just an accident.”

100 returning soldiers being held for Ebola monitoring

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – One hundred soldiers returning from West Africa landed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and will be held in isolation as part of a 21-day Ebola monitoring program.

Base officials say the soldiers from the 615th Engineer Co. stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., arrived at the base on Friday and will be housed in barracks separate from the rest of the installation.

JBLM is one of five military sites in the U.S. set up by the Department of Defense to monitor service members and civilians returning from Ebola virus outbreak areas in West Africa. Officials say none of the personnel showed symptoms of the disease, but will be held for 21 days as part of a controlled monitoring policy.