BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman killed while walking down a suburban Omaha highway.

Sarpy County officials say 61-year-old Patricia A. Hall died in the accident. Deputies were dispatched a little before 2:45 a.m. Wednesday after a call about the woman on U.S. Highway 75 in Bellevue and then got a call from the driver of a vehicle that hit the woman. The 64-year-old man says his sport utility vehicle struck her as he was driving home from work.

Authorities say the woman apparently was walking in the middle of the right southbound lane. Investigators have been unable to determine why she was there.

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