57-year-old man hit by 2 semis in apparent suicide on I-95 this morning

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Northbound lanes of I-95 at mile marker 190 by Pineda Causeway were closed this morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed by 2 semi-trucks according to officials.

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One of the trucks that hit the pedestrian

Investigators say that a 57-year-old man from New York parked his car on the side of the road and deliberately stepped out in front of the oncoming vehicles which struck and killed him instantly just before 8am this morning.

Witnesses reported seeing one of the trucks try and swerve into the middle lane to avoid him. FHP says he continued to walk into the center lane and was struck by the first truck. The impact sent him into the path of the second truck. Neither truck driver was injured.

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