A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle as he was crossing a busy road in San Jose early Thursday morning, police said.

The incident happened on Monterey Road/CA-82 south of Capitol Expressway and just north of Edenview Drive in South San Jose. The San Jose Police Department said in a press release Thursday that officers responded at about 5:59 a.m. and found a man who had been hit by a vehicle and was dead at the scene.

The investigation determined that the man had been crossing Monterey Road going east outside of the crosswalk when he was hit by a 2001 silver Acura sedan heading north on Monterey Road, according to police. Monterey Road is three lanes and a bike lane in each direction with a center median at the site.

The man who was driving the Acura initially left the scen

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