The California Highway Patrol said 40-year-old Jason Hadley of Apple Valley had pulled over on the shoulder of the southbound 15 Freeway just one mile south of Dale Evans Parkway at about 6:10 a.m.
While Jason Hadley was fixing a flat tire, the CHP said the driver of a vehicle veered to the right shoulder and struck him.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's heartbroken wife and family tried to make sense of the tragic crash.
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"He pulled all the way over. I don't understand how you could swerve that far to cause that much, I mean to take so much from somebody," Elizabeth Hadley, Jason Hadley's wife said.
Authorities said drugs and alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash.
Jason Hadley worked two jobs to support his children, who ranged in age from 5 to 17.
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