UPDATE: Pedestrian struck on interstate

A 53-year-old Wytheville man died at a Roanoke hospital early Thursday after he was hit by a tractor-trailer on Wednesday evening in Wytheville, state police said.
Steven Michael Lecroy died at 1:55 a.m. after being flown by helicopter to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Police said Lecroy was in the right lane of northbound Interstate 81 at the 72.5 mile marker at approximately 8:53 p.m. when he was struck by the truck. Police aren’t sure why he was on the roadway, and an autopsy will be performed.
No charges were filed against the tractor-trailer’s driver.
Trooper J.T. Melvin is investigating the collision.
—Staff report