BATON ROUGE, LA (FOX44) — A man is in the hospital with life threatening injuries after being hit by a car early this morning.

The Baton Rouge Police Department responded to the call at about 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 5. When they arrived to the scene located on the 8400 block of Florida Blvd. they found a 24 year old man lying in the roadway.

The man was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.

The driver was not issued a citation. The investigation is ongoing.