A pedestrian was struck and killed early Sunday morning on eastbound Interstate 30, prompting the complete closure of the highway and a multi-hour investigation that snarled morning traffic.

I-30 shut down due to fatal pedestrian crash What we know: Dallas police and fire-rescue units responded at 3:30 a.m. to the major crash near the 1st Avenue exit on eastbound I-30.

Emergency personnel arrived to find one person down in the roadway and several vehicles stopped on the shoulder.