A female pedestrian was struck and killed on a freeway in Sacramento on Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. on the northbound Interstate 5 on-ramp to the Highway 50 portion of the Capital City Freeway in Upper Land Park, according to Officer Mark Leavitt, a spokesman for the CHP’s South Sacramento office.
Officers arrived on scene to find a woman had been hit by a white Toyota traveling approximately 60 miles per hour. She was pronounced dead by Sacramento Fire Department personnel.
The adult female motorist in the Toyota told officers that the woman appeared in front of her car and she was unable to stop, Leavitt said. The pedestrian suffered critical injuries when she was struck by the Toyota’s left bumper, windshield and a side mirror. The motorist was not injured, Leavitt said.
The pedestrian was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office as 22-year-old Ayanna Akilah Thomas, a resident of Sacramento.
While the CHP continues to investigate the crash, it was determined that alcohol and drugs were not a factor, and Leavitt said no arrests have been made.
