Pedestrian killed in I-25 crash in northern Colorado

A woman was struck and killed on northbound Interstate 25 near Mead while checking on another driver early Saturday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The crash happened at 5:34 a.m. near mile 243, about two miles south of Mead in Weld County. The driver of a Honda Accord was heading north in the acceleration lane from Colorado 66 onto I-25 when he swerved to avoid a crashed vehicle, driving over the fog line on the right shoulder and hitting a 26-year-old woman who was checking on another driver. Related Articles 1 killed in, 2 airlifted to Denver hospitals after eastern Colorado crash How 2 Colorado men remember Flight 629 bombing 70 years later Police chases in Aurora skyrocket after policy change, injuries more than quintuple Denver pedestrian killed in hit-and-run near 16th Street Mall Drunken driver arrested in fatal Wheat Ridge crash The woman died at the scene, and the Honda driver, a 64-year-old man, was not injured, state patrol officials said. Additional information about Honda driver, including if he was cited or arrested after the crash, was not immediately available. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.