A 40-year-old man walking across Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach early Sunday died after getting hit by a state trooper responding to a call, police said.

The man was crossing the northbound lanes of Coastal Highway near Church Street about 12:15 a.m., Delaware State Police said. He stepped off the curb, walked across the right lane and was hit by the trooper as he was crossing the left lane, police said.

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The trooper, who was driving a fully marked Chevy Tahoe with its emergency lights and sirens on, pulled over in the right lane after the crash.

The pedestrian, who was not in a marked crosswalk, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was not wearing reflective clothing and did not have a flashlight.

There is a concrete median on that section of Coastal Highway and no crosswalk across the highway at Church Street.

The trooper was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, police said. The 31-year-old law enforcement officer has been employed by the Delaware State Police for nine years and is assigned to Troop 7 in Lewes.

The trooper has been placed on administrative leave per state police policy, and the crash is under investigation, according to a press release.

Coastal Highway was closed in the area of the crash for approximately 3.5 hours.

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