Authorities say a pedestrian was hit and killed on southbound Interstate 17 near Dunlap Avenue on Tuesday night.
The Arizona Department of Transportation said all southbound lanes of the interstate were closed at Dunlap due to the crash. The freeway reopened around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a man got out of his vehicle and was possibly hit by another car. Troopers were still responding to the scene, DPS said.
According to the Phoenix Fire Department, he was taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition. DPS says he died just before 10 p.m.
Pedestrian hit and killed on I-17 just north of Dunlap. SB I-17 closed at Peoria. Lots of debris on the freeway. #abc15 pic.twitter.com/HRwal4T1dy
— Danny Bavaro (@dannybavaro) February 22, 2017
Video from Air15 showed DPS troopers surrounding one vehicle in the far-right lane.
No further information was immediately available.
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