Police in Falmouth are investigating the death of a man who was killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash.

Falmouth police officers responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle near 106 Gray Road around 3 p.m., the department said in a statement Tuesday night.

“When emergency personnel arrived, they discovered a deceased male on the side of the roadway,” police said. “The vehicle involved had fled from the scene.”

Police said they found the driver and vehicle around 2 ½ hours later in a parking lot roughly half a mile from the scene of the crash.

On Wednesday, police identified the victim as Jedidiah Watson, 44, of Portland, and the driver as Colin Guimont, 40, of New Gloucester.

Charges have not been filed, police said.

Gray Road was temporarily closed between Leighton and Mountain roads, the town said in a Facebook post.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or have details about it is asked to call the department at 207-781-2300.