CASSIA COUNTY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — A man is dead after being hit on Interstate 84 early Monday morning.

The crash happened around 3:35 a.m. at milepost 234.7 in Cassia County, according to a release from Idaho State Police .

A 22-year-old man, from Rupert, was driving westbound on the eastbound shoulder of Interstate-84 and crashed. He got out of his vehicle and stood in the eastbound lane. A Freightliner driven by a 30-year-old man from Utah struck the pedestrian, according to State Police. The Rupert man died at the scene.

Eastbound lanes were blocked for about five hours.

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