ARCADIA >> An elderly Arcadia man died and another was injured late Wednesday after they were struck by a pickup truck while crossing Huntington Drive near the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall, authorities said.
A 78-year-old Arcadia man and a 76-year-old Arcadia man, were struck as they crossed Huntington Drive at Gate 1 about 9:15 p.m., Arcadia police Lt. Tom Cullen said.
Both men were taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, where the 78-year-old man succumbed to his injuries a short time later, Cullen said. His identity was not available.
The other man suffered injuries described as moderate and was expected to survive.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that two adult men were walking from the northwest corner of the intersection in a southeast direction across Westbound Huntington Drive, well outside of the designated north/south crosswalk on the east side of the intersection,” Cullen said.
The 1983 Toyota pickup truck that struck the men was being driven west on Huntington Drive by a 19-year-old Arcadia man, Cullen said. The driver was cooperating with authorities and was not arrested Wednesday.
Police said the intersection is normally controlled by a traffic signals, but the signals were not functioning due to a power outage. The signals began functioning again minutes after the incident.