RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An assistant professor at North Carolina State University was killed after being hit by a car while walking in an intersection.

On Tuesday at 6:11 p.m., Raleigh police responded to a car crash involving someone walking at the intersection of Pogue Street and Clark Avenue.

When officers arrived, they found 41-year-old Natalia Duque-Wilckens with serious injuries.

She was taken to the hospital, where she later died.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague Natalia Duque-Wilckens, and our thoughts are with her family and friends," NC State said in a statement to ABC11. "Support and resources are being provided to those in our community impacted by this loss."

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Duque-Wilckens was an assistant professor in NC State's Departme

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