The Nevada Highway Patrol says a 38-year-old Dayton man was standing in the westbound travel lanes of U.S. Highway 50 when he was struck and killed by a car last week on the east edge of Carson City.
The patrol said Monday investigators don't know why Allen Lynch was standing on the highway Wednesday evening when he was hit by the 2006 Chevrolet Impala near the intersection of Deer Run Road south of Centennial Park.
Lynch was taken to an area hospital and later died from his injuries.
Trooper Charles Casten said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday that the driver remained on the scene and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
The preliminary investigation does not suggest that either speed or the use of drugs or alcohol by the driver were factors in the crash, he said.
Casten said earlier the area is not well lit.
