Police: Man struck, killed trying to cross highway

I-95 in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – State police say a 30-year-old man who was walking on a Rhode Island interstate highway was struck and killed by a vehicle, state police said.

The Providence man was struck trying to cross Interstate 95 north in Providence just after 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Police had been contacted shortly before the man was struck about a pedestrian trying to cross the highway.

The driver of the car that struck the pedestrian stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

No names were released and the death remains under investigation.

 

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