Man dead after car hits him as he laid on Lake County road

An unidentified man was found dead early Sunday morning after a car struck him as he laid on a road in Beach Park, authorities said.

Lake County sheriff's deputies discovered the man after being called to the area of Lewis Avenue and Hickory Driver at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday, officials said.

A preliminary investigation indicates a Volvo S40 driven by a 28-year-old Waukegan woman was traveling south on Lewis Avenue when it struck the man. The driver did not see him in the road, sheriff's police said.

Crash investigators are working to determine the man's identity and why he was in the roadway, authorities said. The Lake County Coroner's Office is scheduling an autopsy.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff's Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.