An Orange County sheriff’s deputy driving a patrol vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Orange on Wednesday night, authorities said.

Lt. Phil McMullen of the Orange Police Department said the pedestrian, only identified as a male adult, was walking outside a crosswalk on the 3500 block of East Chapman Avenue when he was fatally struck.

The on-duty deputy, who McMullen said was driving westbound in the number two lane when the collision occurred, stopped after the impact.

Details are limited, but paramedics arrived and ultimately pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.

A nearby worker who identified himself as Jake told the news video service ANG News he saw the sheriff’s vehicle collide with a white car and later learned a pedestrian had been hit. Police could not immediately

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