Man found dead on Route 40 in West Baltimore

A 24-year-old man was found dead in the median of Route 40 in West Baltimore Monday.

Officers responded to the Harlem Park neighborhood around 3:35 p.m. and found the unresponsive victim lying in the grass median of Route 40, Baltimore police said. Officers observed injuries believed to be consistent with being struck by a motor vehicle and medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene, police said.

Homicide detectives are investigating it as a fatal hit-and-run and are still awaiting victim identification and autopsy results from the medical examiner, police said.