FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Fort Lauderdale, authorities confirmed.

The crash was reported at about 3:38 a.m. in the area of North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard and East Sunrise Boulevard.

“We were going out with friends and came back. A bunch of my friends went to sleep and I couldn’t sleep, so I just came out to jog and watch the sun rise and this is the last thing I expected,” Ben Duffy, who is visiting South Florida, said.

Police confirmed that the victim, identified only as an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Local 10 News crew was in the area as the victim’s body was removed from the roadway. Lying next to the body was a skateboard.

“It’s sad, it’s sad. You know, it’s unbelievable. I never would expect this to happen,” Alex Johnson, who lives nearby, said.

The vehicle involved in the collision was not at the scene when the Local 10 crew arrived, but police did not immediately confirm whether the driver fled the scene.

The did, however, confirm that FLPD’s Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death.

They are urging anyone who witnessed what happened to contact police.

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