FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man is dead after being hit by a truck on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 41.<\/p>\n
CHP Fresno says officers were called out to Highway 41 and Divisidero Avenue around 5 PM for reports of a man hit by a vehicle.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found a man who had been hit by a truck and received fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Initial investigations show that the unidentified 37-year-old man was walking across the northbound lanes of Highway 41 when he walked directly into the path of a Dodge pickup truck in the middle lane.<\/p>\n
The identity of the pedestrian is being withheld pending identification and notification.The California Highway Patrol reminds pedestrians that freeways are extremely dangerous environments. Whenever possible, pedestrians should avoid entering freeway lanes and use designated crossings. Motorists are encouraged to remain alert, especially during low-light conditions, and be prepared for unexpected hazards on the roadway. <\/p>\n
The crash is still under investigation.<\/p>\n
If you have any information about the crash, you can contact the California Highway Patrol Fresno Area office at (559) 705-2200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man is dead after being hit by a truck on Wednesday afternoon on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-384325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}