WAWAYANDA — A Bronx man whose car was stranded Saturday night on Interstate 84 in the Town of Wawayanda was killed while playing catch with his son on the shoulder of the highway, police said.

State Police in Middletown said Nicholas Barba, 35, had called for a tow truck after his vehicle was disabled on the south shoulder of the highway.

While waiting for the tow truck to arrive, Barba was throwing a baseball around with his son, when the ball went across the roadway and into the median, police said.

As Barba was retrieving the ball from the median and attempting to cross back over the eastbound lanes, he was struck by a car in the right lane, just west of Exit 3E, police said

Barba was taken to Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill, where he was pronounced dead.

The vehicle that hit Barba stopped, and no charges are expected against the driver, police said.