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Driver Hits And Kills Pedestrian, Crashes Into Pole, Tree

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - A pedestrian was hit and killed this morning in Sacramento by a pick-up truck.

The incident happened around 11:07 a.m. According to a statement from the Sacramento Police Department, the truck was headed westbound on Del Paso Road between Blackrock Drive and Gateway Park Boulevard when, for reasons unknown, they hit a landscape worker, then hit a pole and a tree.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was transported to a local hospital with major injuries.

Investigators are working to determine what exactly caused the driver to hit the worker.

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