A 65-year-old pedestrian is dead after he was hit on Interstate 75 in Marion County.

It happened around 9:40 p.m. Saturday in the southbound lanes south of State Road 40.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said 65-year-old Lucious Colbert, of Ocala, was standing in the outside lane when he was hit by a Hyundai Sonata.

Troopers said the Sonata's 74-year-old driver did not see Colbert in the road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Charges are pending in the investigation.