A 77-year-old man was fatally beaten by the driver of a Lexus in Novosibirsk because the driver "did not like" that the man "was crossing the road slowly," police said Friday.

The driver, aged 59, hit the pedestrian several times in the face, inflicting injuries that later proved fatal, police said in a statement posted online.

Paramedics were called to the scene by another driver, but were unable to revive the victim. It was not immediately clear whether the victim had been using a crosswalk.