Pedestrian Fatally Struck In Buena Park

BUENA PARK (CBSLA.com) — A pedestrian was struck and killed Wednesday in Orange County.

The accident was reported at 2:28 a.m. in the 6800 block S. Knott Avenue, just north of Orangethorpe Avenue, in Buena Park, police said.

According to authorities, a man involved in a single-car crash got out of his vehicle near the center divider and was hit by a commercial truck traveling southbound.

The unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the disabled vehicle suffered minor injuries.

The truck driver stopped at the scene and will likely not face charges, police said.

The accident happened in front of Buena Park Junior High School.