AUSTIN, Texas – A pedestrian has life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a car overnight Tuesday. The driver fled the scene, police said. 

Around 12:35 a.m. a man in his 50s was walking on the 5500 block of North Interstate 35 service road when he was hit by a car.

Austin/Travis County EMS transported the man to the Dell Seton Medical Center in critical condition.

Austin police are searching for the driver.