A pedestrian died Friday after being struck by a vehicle on Florin Road in south Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported around 6:08 a.m. on westbound Florin Road near Fletcher Farms Drive just east of French Road, according to Officer Michael Harper, a spokesperson for the CHP’s South Sacramento office.
Officers arrived several minutes later and found the pedestrian lying in the roadway. Investigators said a male driver traveling westbound “suddenly saw what appeared to be a pedestrian laying in the roadway” and braked but was unable to stop before hitting the person…