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Harlingen police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man who was struck and killed by a vehicle on North Ed Carey Drive.

Authorities arrived in the 1500 block of North Ed Carey Drive around 4:23 a.m. Saturday in response to an auto-pedestrian crash.

At the scene, police found a man, later identified as Marcus Jose Vigil, lying on the road next to a white sports utility vehicle.

The SUV was traveling northbound on Ed Carey Drive when it struck Vigil who was on the roadway, police said in a news release.

The driver of the SUV stopped immediately along with a bystander and called emergency services.

Vigil was transported to a local hospital where he later died due to his injuries.

His death remains under investigation.