Fatal crash in Roseville on Sunrise Blvd.

A 50-year-old pedestrian was killed after an Uber driver's vehicle collided with him at 2:11 a.m. Tuesday on Sunrise Boulevard, just south of Kensington Drive, near Roseville, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Uber driver Damon Ward was driving his 2013 Ford Fusion with one unnamed passenger inside. Neither Ward nor his passenger sustained injuries. Ward was heading southbound on Sunrise Boulevard at about 40 mph. The unnamed pedestrian "walked directly into the path of the oncoming vehicle," the CHP news release said, and the left front of Ward's vehicle struck the pedestrian. The unnamed pedestrian succumbed to his injuries at the site of the accident. It is still under investigation as to why he "walked directly into the path of the oncoming vehicle," the news release said. Investigation determined that alcohol and drugs were not factors in this crash. This accident is still under investigation by the Auburn Area CHP.