UPDATED:

A 69-year-old man was killed Tuesday night after he was struck by a motorcycle in Kent.

Kent police officers and firefighters were called to the 23400 block of Pacific Highway South just before 8:45 p.m. The man was trying to cross Pacific Highway just south of the Kent Des Moines road intersection, police reported.

He reportedly stepped in front of a southbound motorcycle and was hit. The motorcyclist and pedestrian were thrown to the ground, police reported.

The pedestrian died at the scene. The motorcyclist was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police reported.

Kent police closed part of Pacific Highway South for several hours to investigate the crash.

Investigators found no evidence that drugs, alcohol or excessive speed contributed to the wreck.