Authorities are searching for a driver who hit and killed a construction worker on Interstate 95 North, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

It happened about 3 a.m. Thursday in Deerfield Beach near the exit for West Sample Road. The interstate’s express lanes reopened shortly after 8 a.m.

The man died at the scene, according to FHP spokesman Lt Yanko Reyes. His name and age have not been released.

The highway patrol does not yet have a description of the car involved, Reyes said.

No other details were immediately available.

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