An unmarked King County sheriff’s office vehicle struck and killed a 26-year-old pedestrian Tuesday morning in Monroe, according to police.

A sheriff’s office employee was driving the unmarked vehicle when the employee struck the woman around 6:30 a.m. near the 18800 block of Highway 2, according to a news release from the Monroe Police Department.

The woman was struck in the westbound lanes in an uncontrolled area of the highway. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Monroe police took the vehicle in for examination.

Brandyn Hull, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, declined to comment and deferred to the Monroe Police Department.

Monroe police declined to say if the driver was a commissioned officer or another kind of employee at the sheriff’s office. Police said the drive

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