John Edward Eby, 68, killed in pedestrian collision with semi truck on U.S. Highway 93 north of Las Vegas, Nevada

One person is dead after a hit-and-run crash Wednesday on U.S. Highway 93 near the Interstate 15 interchange north of Las Vegas, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Las Vegas police were initially called to investigate the body of a dead man just off the highway about two miles northwest of the Love's Travel Stop. U.S. 93, a two-lane highway, has been reduced to a single lane with alternating traffic while troopers investigate the crash. Stuenkel said it appeared that the man was walking on the shoulder of the southbound lanes of U.S. 93 when he was hit. But Metro called Nevada Highway Patrol about 7 a.m. when evidence pointed to the man being hit and killed by a semitrailer that fled the scene, Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said.

Troopers said they are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian north of Apex on Wednesday morning. Trooper Loy Hixson, of the Nevada Highway Patrol, said that a utility company crew discovered a body just before 7 a.m. on U.S. Highway 93 near the intersection with Interstate 15. Traffic was restricted to a single lane while investigators were at the scene, Hixson said. Hixson said it appears the person was hit by a tractor trailer.

The semi truck has right front end damage and is missing the right headlight housing, according to the release. The man killed in a hit-and-run crash Oct. 14 on U.S. Highway 93 near the Interstate 15 interchange north of Las Vegas has been identified. However, Metro called Nevada Highway Patrol about 7 a.m. when evidence pointed to Eby being hit and killed by a semi truck that fled the scene, Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said on the day of the incident. The vehicle and driver that killed the pedestrian have yet to be found, Stuenkel said Monday. John Edward Eby, 68, was found just off the highway about two miles northwest of the Love's Travel Stop the morning of Oct. 14.