REDWOOD CITY (KRON) — The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on Highway 101 in Redwood City.

The accident occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Highway 101, near Woodside Road, according to California Highway Patrol officials.

Upon arrival to the scene, CHP officers found a pedestrian who had been struck and killed in the fourth lane of the highway.

The pedestrian was walking in traffic when he was struck and killed on southbound U.S. Highway 101 early this morning, according to a California Highway Patrol spokesman.

The pedestrian, described as a man in his 20s, was walking in the second southbound lane from the left on the highway just north of the Maple Street overcrossing around 1 a.m. when several vehicles struck him, CHP Officer Art Montiel said.