A 66-year-old man was killed early Saturday in a pedestrian hit-and-run on the SR-99 to Spokane Street off-ramp, according to Seattle police.
The Seattle Department of Transportation received reports of an object on the off-ramp and dispatched crews, who confirmed the object was an unresponsive man.
Seattle police officers were dispatched to the scene and arrived just before 4 a.m. Officers found the man with a significant head injury. Seattle Fire crews pronounced him dead at the scene.
Detectives determined the man had been struck by a hit-and-run driver.
During the investigation, officers located a vehicle in the area with front-end damage. A 53-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Traffic Collision Inve