TAMPA, Fla. — A pedestrian died after investigators say he walked in front of a pickup early Thursday morning while trying to cross the westbound lanes of Hillsborough Avenue in Hillsborough County.
It happened just after 6 a.m.
Investigators say the 49-year-old Orlando man attempted to make his way across the roadway from the raised concrete median, but he was hit and killed.
The 45-year-old Tampa man who was driving the pickup was not hurt.
Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.