A pedestrian was hit by a truck during a live news broadcast about the safety of Louisville’s infamous Dixie highway.The accident was caught on camera as Brittany Gonzalez, a reporter from Louisville’s WHAS11 News, did a report on Monday morning about a plan for $5 million worth of safety improvements on the highway known as Dixie die-way.Half-way through the segment a man was struck by a red jeep as he crossed the notoriously dangerous corridor.Thehttp://www.whas11.com/news/Pedestrian-hit-on-Dixie-Highway-237944931.htmlreported: 'Gonzalez went to the man and kept him alert and awake until the EMS arrived on the scene. EMS treated and transported him to St. Mary's Hospital.'The victim was talking to our photographer just minutes before the accident, saying he was going to catch the bus.'He apparently just got out of the hospital and had fresh sutures.'From 2002 to 2007, this stretch saw 350 accidents, 70 injuries and two fatalities, according to Whas11.And the number has increased recently - particularly pedestrian accidents.In October, a woman was hit by a truck when she crossed in the middle of 9900 block of Dixie Highway.In February a man was killed as he crossed Dixie at Watson Lane.