(UPDATE Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2:50 p.m.): Cumming Police Department officials confirmed in a news release on Wednesday the identity of a pedestrian who was killed in a wreck on Tuesday as Raul M. Gomez, 63.

According to the release, Gomez was struck by a Honda CRV on Castleberry Road near Tolbert street around 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Gomex was reportedly walking down the southbound sidewalk before he stepped into the roadway and was struck by the vehicle, which was traveling on the outside, southbound lane. 

The driver was "unable to avoid hitting Mr. Gomez" and there was no evidence of alcohol impairment with the driver, the release said.

Per the release, "Mr. Gomez did not have any family here in the States, his friends and employer was notified by Cumming Police Department."

The crash is still under investigation. 

Officers with the Cumming Police Department are currently working a fatal crash on Castleberry Road after a pedestrian was hit in the roadway, according to Chief David Marsh. 

According to a post on the CPD Facebook page, the road is closed between Hutchinson Road and Tolbert Street. The road closed around 6:30 p.m. and is expected to be closed for two to three hours. 

The incident is the second pedestrian fatality within the city this month. 

On Feb. 5, pedestrian Leonard Gerald Smith, 58, of Varnville, South Carolina was killed in a wreck on Canton Highway

This story will be updated.