A woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle on a bridge in Missouri.
Multiple sources are reporting that a woman who got out of her vehicle on a bridge in St. Louis, Missouri was killed after she was hit by pickup truck.
According to local police, the accident happened on Thursday along the Daniel Boone Bridge that carries traffic on Interstate 64 over the Missouri River, and connects St. Louis County with St. Charles County. The victim in the pedestrian accident has since been identified as Stephanie Phung of O’Fallon, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has stated that the accident happened when Phung’s vehicle hit a tire that was in the roadway and began to drag it. She stopped her vehicle about halfway across the bridge to get out of her car to examine the vehicle.
A pickup truck then struck both the woman and her vehicle from behind.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are thousands of wrongful deaths of people involved in motor vehicle accidents every year in the United States: