Pedestrian Struck And Killed On Skyland Boulevard Thursday

TUSCALOOSA< AL — The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Thursday night on Skyland Boulevard.

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TPD said Friday morning that officers, along with Tuscaloosa Fire and Northstar EMS, responded to the 200 block of Skyland Boulevard East at 8 p.m. to find a 22-year-old woman from Fosters was unresponsive.

The woman, who had reportedly been at a nearby laundromat with family members, was transported to DCH Regional Medical Center but was pronounced dead a short time later

TPD says the driver and passenger told investigators they were traveling west on Skyland Boulevard when the woman walked into the street at 8 p.m.

TPD’s Traffic Homicide Unit is conducting the follow-up investigation and the woman has not been publicly identified.

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