Police

A man crossing the street in a crosswalk but against the light, was struck and killed just after midnight Sunday, Tucson police say.

The 45-year-old man was crossing East 22nd Street from north to south at at South Sixth Avenue and East 22nd Street when he was struck, police said in a news release.

The man died at the hospital.

The name of the man was not released pending family notification, the release said.

The 22-year-old woman driving the car that struck the pedestrian was not impaired and cooperated with police, the release said. She was uninjured.

The investigation continues.


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Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.