Oceanside

A 26-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton died when he was hit by a car while trying to run across a freeway, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Cpl. Roy Henriquez Jr. died at 5:34 a.m. Sunday at Scripps Memorial Hospital, about two hours after he was struck by a car driven by Jeffrey Lysgaard, 25, of Newport Beach, Officer Jerry Bohrer said.

Henriquez, who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.23 (a level of 0.08 is considered intoxicated for driving), was reportedly trying to dash across the northbound lanes of Interstate 5, just north of San Luis Rey River, when he was hit by Lysgaard, Bohrer said.

Lysgaard will not be cited for the accident, Bohrer said. “He was unable to avoid striking him,” Bohrer said.