UPDATED on Oct. 7 with name of woman who died

ST. LOUIS — Heather Crews, 38, was the woman fatally struck last week by a hit-and-run driver on westbound Interstate 70 near Adelaide Avenue, police said Tuesday.

Police said she was struck about 5:30 a.m. Thursday by one vehicle, then run over by other vehicles. No drivers stayed at the scene to talk with police.

Video surveillance showed that Crews had climbed over a fence near westbound I-70 and Adelaide and began walking toward the highway, police said.

Crews paused for traffic to clear, then started to walk across the highway when she was struck by the first vehicle, police said.

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