A pedestrian, whose name has not yet been released, died after he was hit by a car walking along Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon early Wednesday morning.
The 52-year-old man, of Oak Harbor, was walking south on the interstate, near milepost 226, according to a Washington State Patrol release. Joseph Baddour, 44, of Camano Island was driving south when the vehicle struck the pedestrian around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Baddour was uninjured, and the cause of the incident is under investigation.
Cascadia Daily News will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
