LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - Police launched an investigation after an 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and seriously injured by a pickup truck in Lynn on Wednesday morning.

Officers responding to the area of Lynn Shore Drive and Wave Street around 6:15 a.m. learned that the male pedestrian had been hit by a 2018 GMC Sierra, according to Lynn police.

The victim was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the GMC, identified as a 61-year-old Marblehead man, stayed at the scene, police said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

No additional information was immediately available.

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