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Woman Struck, Killed After Crashing Her Car On I-79

COLLIER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle after crashing her car along Interstate 79 in Collier Township on Friday evening.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 40-year-old Katie Musick, of Mt. Lebanon.

The accident happened after 6:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-79 at the Kirwan Heights exit.

According to state police, Musick crashed her vehicle on the Kirwan Heights ramp from I-79 southbound, got out of her vehicle and tried to cross the highway.

That's when another vehicle hit her in the left lane.

Police say the other driver stayed at the scene.

Musick was pronounced dead at the scene just after 6:50 p.m.

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