Police are searching for the driver who authorities say struck and killed a man Wednesday night, leaving the pedestrian’s body in the roadway near a UC Riverside parking lot, officials said.

Riverside police and paramedics were called to Martin Luther King Boulevard west of Canyon Crest Drive just before 10 p.m. for a man lying dead in the road, according to a news release.

Officer Ryan Railsback said the man appeared to have been hit by a vehicle but investigators are not aware of any witnesses. Railsback added that the victim was not a student but appeared to have been a homeless man. His name has not been released.

Officers from the Riverside Police Department Major Accident Investigation Team are investigating the death. Authorities ask anyone with information to call Detective Greg Matthews at 951-826-8724.