A man was killed Friday night when he stepped in front of a moving SUV on Interstate 78 in Berks County, state police at Hamburg said.
The incident happened about 10:20 p.m. in the eastbound lanes in Tilden Township, about 3 miles before the Route 61 interchange, troopers said.
Troopers provided this account:
The SUV, driven by a 64-year-old North Carolina woman, was traveling in the right lane when the unidentified pedestrian entered the travel lane directly in front of the vehicle.
After impact, the pedestrian was thrown onto the shoulder. The SUV sustained disabling front-end damage and came to rest on the right shoulder. The driver wasn’t injured.
Crews from the Hamburg and Shoemakersville fire companies and Hamburg Ambulance responded.
A Berks County deputy coroner pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.
The eastbound lanes were closed until about 1:30 a.m. Saturday while troopers investigated.