Maryland State Police seek the public’s help finding a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run on the Capital Beltway Thursday night in Chevy Chase.

The male victim has not been positively identified, according to a state police statement on Friday.

The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway, east of Connecticut Avenue.

State police said a work van was parked on the left shoulder of the inner loop and that the driver of the van, who investigators believe was carrying a gas can, tried to cross travel lanes of the outer loop when he was struck, state police said.

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The driver of the vehicle that hit him fled the area. The pedestrian was struck by a second vehicle, whose driver remained on the scene, where the pedestrian was pronounced dead.

The vehicle that did not stop is described as a silver or gray sedan with heavy front-end damage. Lanes were closed for almost six hours after the incident, state police said.

The investigation is ongoing and led by the state police crash team.

Anyone with relevant information is urged to call the state police Rockville Barrack at 301-424-2101.