FREDERICK, Md. — A 33-year-old man from Ohio is dead after being hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70.
The crash happened around 3 a.m. on westbound I-70 just prior to the MD Route 17 exit for Myersville. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene of the crash by medical personnel.
According to a preliminary investigation by Maryland State Police, the man struck a deer with his car and then was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer when he got out of the car.
The pedestrian was later identified as Scott Maddocks of Canal Fulton, Ohio. There were three other people inside his car at the time. None of them was hurt, MSP said.
I-70 westbound prior to the exit for MD-17 was blocked for several hours but has since reopened.