State troopers have arrested a man they accused of striking and killing a pedestrian on the side of a highway on Wednesday in north Spokane County, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Orlan W. Knuth, 35, was driving a 1988 Chevrolet pickup on U.S. Highway 2 just north of Nevada Street when his vehicle allegedly struck Joshua B. Lee, 31, who was walking on the paved shoulder of the highway.

Knuth fled the scene, the WSP said. He later was booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatality accident.

Lee, of Deer Park, was alive when he was found but died after he was transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WSP said.

Trooper Jeff Sevigney said Knuth and Lee “were associates.”

Earlier in the day, the WSP said Lee had been struck between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Congressional debate airs tonight on TV, radio

The second debate between Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Democratic challenger Joe Pakootas will air tonight on KSPS-TV and KXLY 920 AM radio.

Pakootas, the chief executive officer of the Colville Tribe Federal Corp., is running against McMorris Rodgers, a Republican seeking her sixth term in the House.

The debate was taped Wednesday evening for broadcast on Channel 7 at 7 p.m. today. The station also will feature it on its website.