UPDATE: Springfield police provided an update on this crash in August. Read the latest here.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The person who was hit by a truck Wednesday morning on U.S. 65 in Springfield has died, Springfield Police confirmed.

One lane at southbound U.S. 65 at Battlefield is now open.

This is the second deadly pedestrian crash in as many days in Springfield. Tuesday, April 26 a man was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Kansas Expressway and Division Street.