MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — State troopers are investigating a crash that killed a AAA worker Thursday morning in Howard County.

The driver was 38-year-old Muhammad Shehzad. The crash happened on October 28, 2021, around 11:30 a.m. on eastbound I-70 in Marriottsville.

Maryland state troopers said that Shehzad had just finished changing a flat tire on the side of the road when a pickup truck hit him and his work van. Shehzad was wearing a safety vest and his emergency lights were flashing.

The truck ended up about 100 feet off the side of the road down an embankment. The driver of the pickup truck was a 77-year-old man from Virginia. An investigation is underway on what caused the crash.