Man killed while crossing SR 509 in South Seattle identified

We now know the identity of a man who was killed on State Route 99/State Route 509 in South Seattle.

The Washington State Patrol said 42-year-old Raul Vidaurri was crossing the freeway near the Cloverdale Street exit Monday when he was hit by a car.

The King County Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as blunt force trauma.

The driver remained at the scene and troopers said they were not impaired.

KIRO 7 reporter Deborah Horne spoke to some of Vidaurri’s family members on the phone.

They confirmed that he served in Iraq.

Troopers don’t know why he was in the road.