BOCA RATON, Fla. — A 77-year-old man was hit and killed by a white van while walking on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton on Thursday morning, authorities said.
The wreck happened just after 7 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95, just south of Congress Avenue.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a West Palm Beach man was "standing/walking" in the inside lane of I-95 when he was struck by a white Ford van, driven by a 27-year-old Hialeah man.
The FHP said it's unclear why the 77-year-old man was on the interstate. He was pronounced dead at the scene.