DES MOINES, Iowa — A woman was killed in a car accident early Thursday on Interstate 80 near Altoona.
Sergeant Alex Dinkla of the Iowa State Patrol said that a man driving a 2006 Pontiac G6 was merging onto west-bound I-80 around the 142-mile marker just after 4 a.m.
After the driver merged onto the interstate, he unintentionally hit the woman. She was walking on the highway.
The woman was pronounced dead on scene.
The state patrol said it is continuing to investigate the incident.
