A 59-year-old pedestrian was killed when a truck hit him in a crosswalk in Palm Springs before sunrise Wednesday.
The accident was reported at about 5:30 a.m. off of North Sunrise Way just south of East Vista Chino Drive, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.
Police and fire personnel arrived on the scene within three minutes of the report and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The coroner’s office later identified him as Donald Greco of Palm Springs.
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, officials said. The cause of the crash was under investigation.
North Sunrise Way south of Vista Chino Drive was closed until around 11:30 a.m. while police investigated the accident.