The Iowa State Patrol is investigating two separate accidents in which pedestrians were hit and killed on eastern Iowa highways.

The Iowa State Patrol’s accident report indicates a man was walking on the south shoulder of Highway 30 near Mechanicsville when he crossed the highway and was struck by an SUV at about 11:30 last night.

The other accident happened on Highway 18, in Fredericksburg, at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. The Patrol says 78-year-old Jerome Leach of Fredericksburg was hit by a car while he was walking in the roadway.

Radio Iowa