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California Highway Patrol. Courtesy OnScene.TV

Updated at 12:30 p.m. April 18, 2018

An investigation was underway Wednesday into the death of a 73-year-old man who was struck by a minivan on state Route 94 in Golden Hill.

The victim was trying to cross the westbound lanes of the freeway when a 2002 Honda Odyssey hit him shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Medics took the gravely injured San Diego resident to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name was withheld pending family notification.

Three of the four westbound lanes were closed in the area for a time as investigators documented evidence, CHP public-affairs Officer Jake Sanchez said.

—City News Service