A 911 caller told dispatchers a man was running in front of vehicles, according to dispatch records.
He said he had to swerve to avoid the man.
While deputies were heading to the area, dispatch received additional reports that there was a man in the road and a box truck was nearby with debris in the highway, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man driving a box truck for a food delivery company told 911 dispatchers he was driving back to the warehouse when he hit the man.
“Some guy ran out in front of me and I couldn’t stop,” he said. “I don’t know what happened to him, but I’m real shook up.”
Two other vehicles hit the man after he was hit by the box truck, according to the sheriff’s office.
The incident closed the southbound lanes of I-75 for approximately four hours.
It is not clear what the man was doing on the highway or if he had a vehicle nearby.
We are working to learn more and will update this story as details are released.
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