UPDATE: Pedestrian hit by car in Lexington

UPDATE (10:30 a.m.) – All lanes are back open on Nicholasville Road following a crash involving a pedestrian.

Inbound Nicholasville Road was blocked at Shady Lane. Crews reopened the road at approximately 9:30 a.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ)- A man was seriously injured Friday morning after being hit by a car in Lexington.

It happened around 7:30 a.m. on Nicholasville Road near Johnston Boulevard.

According to the Lexington Police Department, witnesses say the man ran in front of a car driving inbound on Nicholasville Road.

Police say the man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The Collision Reconstruction Unit was called to the scene.