A 75-year-old man died Thursday after he was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross a busy southeast Alabama road, authorities said.

Enterprise police responded to a call of a pedestrian struck on Boll Weevil Circle near the intersection of Daleville Avenue, said Capt. Billy Haglund.

The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

His identity was not publicly released pending family notification.

The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

According to the preliminary investigation of the accident, the pedestrian was trying to cross Boll Weevil Circle in heavy traffic when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

The incident is being investigating by Enterprise police’s traffic homicide unit.