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.

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.

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