Man dead after struck by large vehicle on the Red Hill Valley Parkway in Hamilton

A man is dead after he was struck by a large truck on the Red Hill Valley Parkway in Hamilton, Ont., early Tuesday.

Hamilton police say the man was hit after abandoning a stalled Honda Civic around 2 a.m. and crossing the roadway.

“It is believed the driver got out of the vehicle, went over the median and attempted to cross live traffic on northbound Red Hill Valley Parkway,” police said in an email.

Paramedics confirmed the man, suspected to be in his 30s, was deceased when they arrived at the thoroughfare.

The Red Hill Valley Parkway was closed northbound at Barton Street East and southbound at the QEW most of the morning.

Lanes were reopened just after 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.