MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The search is on for a pickup truck driver who hit and killed a man in Madera County.
The California Highway Patrol says it happened on Chowchilla Blvd at Road 15 just before 6 am Thursday.
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Officers say the man was walking on the shoulder of the Highway 99 off-ramp to Chowchilla Blvd when he was hit by a pickup truck.
The 45-year-old man from Fresno was declared dead at the scene.
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Officers say the driver of the pickup truck left the area before they could arrive.
Anyone with more information is asked to contact CHP.