Published Wed, Feb 10, 2010 07:42 AM
Modified Fri, Feb 10, 2012 08:07 AM

Woman killed in I-40 hit-and-run

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HARRY LYNCH - hlynch@newsobserver.com

Durham police officials stand on the side of eastbound Interstate 40 near mile marker 276 this morning near a wrecked car. Police found the body of a woman on the highway near the wrecked car, police said. Police are treating the accident as a fatal hit and run. Eastbound traffic on I-40 was backed up for miles during the morning commute starting at the N.C. 751 overpass. Traffic was down to one lane still as late as late as 10 a.m.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS

DURHAM -- A woman died Wednesday morning after being struck numerous times on Interstate 40 near exit 276, police said.

Officers were dispatched to a report of a deer in the roadway around 6:18 a.m., according to a Durham Police Department news release.

When police arrived, they discovered a woman's body on the highway. She had not been positively identified by late Wednesday.

Police said they believe the woman was driving a Toyota in the far right eastbound lane of I-40 when she struck the side or tire of a tractor-trailer in the next lane. The impact caused the Toyota to go off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail. The car came to rest on the shoulder.

Authorities said the driver of the car apparently got out of her vehicle and walked into the middle of I-40, where she was struck by multiple vehicles. The first one to hit her did not remain at the scene, police said.

The accident tied up two lanes on eastbound I-40 for more than four hours between Fayetteville Road and Miami Boulevard. At one point, traffic was slowed considerably about six miles west of the accident scene.

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