A 32-year-old Bulter man was struck and killed by a vehicle in Butler Township after he was running in and out of traffic while carrying a plastic gun and dressed in dark clothes on Monday evening.

Township police said Nathan Saul was dressed in dark clothing and holding a green and orange plastic gun while running in and out of traffic on New Castle Road at Sharon Drive around 8 p.m. when he was struck.

Saul was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and died as a result of the injuries from the crash, police said.

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