A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck Tuesday night while walking along a southern Iowa highway. The Iowa State Patrol reports 39-year old Daniel Warlop, of Rockford, IL., was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines following the accident that happened at around 11:25-p.m.  on Highway 2, in Decatur County.

Authorities say Warlop was walking west on the Highway, when for reasons unknowm he fell onto the road. Moments later he was unavoidably hit by a westbound 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup, driven by 39-year old Michael Sobotka, of Tingley.

The accident remains under investigation.