Driver hits and kills 24-year-old man trying to cross mainlanes of North Loop, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man died after being hit by a car while walking across the mainlanes of a major freeway in north Houston on Monday morning, police said.

The crash was reported at about 3:40 a.m. between I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road of the North Loop, which remained closed for hours and reopened nearly four hours later.

According to the Houston Police Department, the 24-year-old man was hit by a driver in a black Hummer, who stopped, called 911, and stayed at the scene.

Officials said the driver was on his way to work and did not appear to be intoxicated or impaired, so he was released.

First responders pronounced the 24-year-old dead at the scene.

Authorities are waiting to release the man's identity until his family has been notified of his death, adding that an investigation is ongoing.

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