Police have identified the victim killed earlier this week after being hit on Interstate 79 in Butler County.
State police say 41-year-old Beau Marquis of Pittsburgh was crossing the highway in Lancaster Township near the Little Creek Road Exit about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when he was stuck by a southbound tanker truck.
He was rushed to UPMC-Passavant Cranberry hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police have not yet released why Marquis was crossing the interstate.