TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A man was killed Tuesday after an SUV hit him while he was crossing East 22nd Street west of South Columbus Boulevard, according to Tucson Police Department.
TPD officers and responders from Tucson Fire Department were called to the intersection of 22nd and South Bryant Avenue around 9:20 p.m. after calls of a crash between the pedestrian, an adult man whose identity has not been released, and a red 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe.
The man was taken to Banner-University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
According to traffic investigators, the man was crossing mid-block and not in a crosswalk, headed south across 22nd.
Impairment was not a factor in the crash, the TPD said.
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