LAKE CITY, Fla. — Investigators are working to learn the name of a pedestrian who was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 41 Tuesday night in Lake City.
According to a release from Florida Highway Patrol, a man was walking southbound on the east shoulder of U.S. 41 near NW Moore Road at 8:27 p.m. A semitrailer driver, a 41-year-old man from Sarasota, was driving north on U.S. 41. The truck collided with the pedestrian when he stepped into the roadway, FHP says.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, FHP says. The identity of the man is currently unknown.
The semitrailer driver was not hurt, according to the FHP release.
