Pedestrian hit crossing River Road in Puyallup, suffers life-threatening injuries

A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Monday after he was hit crossing River Road in Puyallup, police said.

The 59-year-old was not in a crosswalk and did not have the right of way when he crossed the street about 2 p.m. and was hit in the 800 block of River Road, police spokesman Scott Engle said.

The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene.

A stretch of westbound River Road would be closed for a few hours, police said. Drivers were asked to use Valley Avenue Northwest through Fife or West Stewart.

No further details were available.

This story was originally published August 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM with the headline "Pedestrian hit crossing River Road in Puyallup, suffers life-threatening injuries."