A man walking across the on-ramp to U.S. 36 at Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster was killed early Friday morning when a truck driver hit him while driving on the on-ramp.

The crash happened about 6 a.m., Westminster police said in a news release.

The truck driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, police said.

The man who was hit was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office will release the man’s identity, police said.

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