Authorities Identify Pedestrian Fatally Struck on I-35 Monday

Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a truck on Interstate-35 Monday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the pedestrian is 26-year-old Saint Cloud, Minnesota resident Kalif Abdiaziz.

Regional Radio previously reported 30-year old Nathan M. Martin of Pulaski, Iowa was northbound near Eagleville on I-35 in the driving lane when he came upon a pedestrian walking across the interstate in the dark.

He struck the pedestrian with the front driver’s side of his Chevy pickup and came to a stop on the outside shoulder.

Abdiaziz was located by emergency personnel in the middle of the roadway and was pronounced dead at the scene by Harrison County coroner Zach Wilson.