At approximately 8.30pm on Friday 18th September, a man in his 70s was found with a head injury beside the carriageway of the A595 at the bottom of Clintz Brow, Egremont.
A Cumbria Police spokesman said: “Police attended and the man was taken to hospital but has sadly since died.”
Police are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident, or who may have dash cam footage to call PC 1836 on 101, quoting log 228 of the 18th September.