UPDATE: Name released of 19-year-old pedestrian killed in crash on I-29
A North Dakota Highway Patrol report states the woman was standing in one of the two southbound lanes.
Published: Jan. 1, 2023 at 9:38 PM CST
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (Valley News Live) - UPDATE: North Dakota Highway Patrol says the female pedestrian killed in the crash is 19-year-old Destinee Tuttle of Santee, NE.
ORIGINAL STORY: A 19-year-old woman died early Sunday morning after she was hit by a car on I-29 near oxbow.
A North Dakota Highway Patrol report states the woman was standing in one of the two southbound lanes.
The 20-year-old driver of the car tried stopping and steering away, to avoid hitting the woman, but she was struck and thrown onto the shoulder.
The car later drove into the median before becoming stuck in the snow.
The woman died on the scene.
The crash shut down a portion of the I-29 southbound lanes for nearly three hours.
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