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A man died after being hit by a truck Friday evening almost 30 miles southwest of Tucson, officials said. 

Around 5:30 p.m., Pima County deputies responded to reports of a crash involving a pedestrian on West McGee Ranch Road about three miles west of South Mission Road, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said. 

When they arrived, deputies found a man dead from the collision, the department said. 

Deputies say a person driving a white Dodge Ram truck with multiple occupants hit the man then fled the scene. 


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