WELLS, Nev. (AP) - The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car in the dark on U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada near Wells.
The patrol identified the victim of Monday night’s accident as 24-year-old Prajedix Flores of West Wendover. The driver of the 2019 Toyota Prius that hit him was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Investigators said Wednesday Flores appears to have been standing a westbound travel lane of I-80 about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) west of Wells when he was struck at about 8 p.m. Monday. He was flown from the scene to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
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