MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was hit and killed in Merced. It happened about one Friday morning on Highway 99 at V Street.
Officials initially got a report of a man in the roadway acting erratically, then a short time later a woman called to report she had hit him.
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The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said the driver of the car stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
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The traffic heading southbound had to be diverted for a little more than an hour.