Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit are investigating a fatal crash in Pompano Beach that killed a pedestrian. 

According to detectives, around 7:16 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, the driver of a Freightliner semi-truck, Gabriel Michel, was traveling east on Northwest 15th Court. As the driver made a left turn into a driveway, an adult male pedestrian, who was either sitting or lying in the driveway, was struck. At this time, detectives do not believe the pedestrian was seen by the driver prior to the incident. 

BSO deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded to the scene, and paramedics pronounced the pedestrian deceased. 

The investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.