GILROY — An investigation was underway Saturday night into a traffic fatality involving a man who was walking on a freeway near the truck scales in Gilroy.

At 8:45 p.m. Saturday the California Highway Patrol received reports of an adult male who was walking on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in the No. 2 lane of the freeway.

The man was walking towards vehicles in the northbound lanes, according to the CHP’s fatal accident index.

The CHP reported that the man was carrying a “white bag.”

At 8:58 p.m., an accident involving a pedestrian and vehicle collision was reported on the freeway at that location.

The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office arrived on the scene at about 9:13 p.m.

The truck scales are located on Highway 101 between East San Martin Avenue and Masten Avenue.

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