UPDATED STORY: Police identify victim
BEAR, DELAWARE (11/10/2015) A pedestrian was struck and killed along U.S. 40 in Bear early today, Delaware State Police said.
The incident was reported at 12:43 a.m. in the westbound lanes a tenth of a mile east of Wellington Drive.
Police said the victim was male but they released no other details on him pending notification of next-of-kin.
As the victim entered the right lane, a vehicle swerved to avoid him, police said, but he was then struck by a 2004 Isuzu box truck driven by Zuavey Kadafi, 44, of Bear.
The pedestrian was thrown off the roadway and was declared dead at the scene.
Kadafi, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured, police said.
“Impairment and speed are not a factor on the part of Zuavey Kadafi in this crash. It is unknown at this time if impairment is a factor on the part of the victim,” police said in a news release.
The westbound lanes of U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway) were closed about 2.5 hours as police investigated.
1 dead, 1 critically injured in U.S. 40 crash; DUI charge