A Shelby County man has been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck on Interstate 65 in Hoover.

Hoover 911 received a call at 9:08 p.m. Friday reporting a person waling in the travel lines of I-65 northbound, said police Capt. Keith Czeskleba.

A second caller then reported a male had by struck by a Ford F-150, south of the I-459 interchange.

Officers and fire medics arrived at the location, where they found the fatality victim as well as the driver who struck him.

Cedric Eguene Walker, 33, of Calera, was pronounced dead on the scene at 9:16 p.m.

Czeskleba said the investigation is ongoing.