Pedestrian hit and killed along I-40 in Wake County

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed near the Interstate 40/440 construction zone in Wake County early Friday morning.

It happened around 2 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-40 near S. Saunders Street in Raleigh. Authorities said 38-year-old Annmarie Elizabeth Perna, was walking across the lanes after her sedan broke down.

She was then struck by a 2010 white Toyota pickup driven by 45-year-old Shawn Lyndell Price. Perna died at the scene. Price was not injured.

No charges have been filed.

The accident shut down all three westbound lanes between exit 297 and exit 298 for a couple of hours as authorities investigated the accident.

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