ARLINGTON, Texas — Updated at 10:07 a.m. with additional details from police.
A woman who was walking along the shoulder of Interstate 20 was struck and killed early Wednesday in Arlington.
Officers were called to check on a woman who was seen walking along I-20 near Cooper Street.
An officer in that location spotted her and went to turn around to get to her, but in that time she was hit by a car that had veered off the road, according to police.
The car hit and killed the woman and then kept driving, officers said.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was hit around 12:36 a.m. Her body was found near the Matlock Road exit.
Police are now searching the area and nearby business surveillance video for this vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call Arlington investigator Derrick Lee at 817-459-8605 or Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.
