Pedestrian killed on I-17 near Sunset Point after jumping off moving bus
A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday morning after jumping out of a moving bus onto Interstate 17 near Sunset Point.
Bart Graves, spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, said around 5:30 a.m. the man was onboard a Greyhound bus when he opened the emergency hatch in one of the windows and jumped out of the moving bus.
He was acting irrationally in the bus, Graves said.
The man was struck several times by passing vehicles in the southbound lanes of the freeway and was pronounced dead on scene.
The southbound lanes reopened at milepost 252 around noon, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The man's identity hasn't been released.
OPEN: All lanes are now open. #Aztraffic https://t.co/shN5sfuYJJ
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) April 12, 2022
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Man killed on I-17 near Sunset Point after jumping off moving bus
