OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a woman who was walking the traffic lanes of a busy Omaha street died after being hit by a car.
Television station WOWT reports that the crash happened just after 10 p.m. Thursday on Maple Street near the intersection of 95th Street.
Investigators say a 37-year-old man driving a car along Maple came upon 35-year-old Victoria Castro walking in the westbound lane and swerved, but was unable to avoid hitting Castro.
Castro was taken with critical injuries to a hospital, where she died. The driver of the car was not injured.