Talk about a slow learner!

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This happened on a dark, rural, two-lane road close to where I live. Wouldn't you think, after the first time, he'd have learned to walk along the opposing traffic lane? (again, it's a rural road with no sidewalks) Duh!

LAKELAND --

A 58-year-old Lakeland man walking on a dark road was struck and killed by a tanker truck early Sunday, authorities said.

Thomas Edwards Brown was wearing dark clothing and walking with his back to traffic on Pipkin Road W. around 5 a.m. He was struck by a Kenan Fuel Company truck driven by William J. House, 44, of Lakeland, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

House stopped, discovered the pedestrian in the road and called 911, deputies said. Brown was dead when first responders arrived.

Family members told deputies Brown had been hit by a vehicle once previously on the road.

House was not suspected of speeding or being impaired, and no charges are pending, but the crash remains under investigation, the sheriff's office said.

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