IDENTIFIED: Woman killed after being hit by vehicle in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The pistillate who died aft being deed by a vehicle successful Fresno connected Tuesday nighttime has been identified by the Fresno County Coroner's Office.

The Fresno County Coroner's Office named the pistillate arsenic 41-year-old Rachel Vanderpool of Fresno.

Police accidental connected Tuesday nighttime they received reports of a conveyance versus pedestrian postulation collision astatine Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Third Street successful Fresno astir 6:10 p.m.

Officers accidental that a preliminary probe revealed that Vanderpool stepped disconnected the halfway median into the eastbound lanes of traffic. At the aforesaid time, an oncoming conveyance was approaching the area.

According to police, the conveyance was incapable to halt successful clip and struck Vanderpool.

Investigators accidental Vanderpool was taken to a section infirmary wherever she was pronounced dead. The operator stayed connected the scene.

This is an ongoing investigation.