Omaha woman identified as pedestrian killed on I-80

A pedestrian who was struck and killed on Thursday morning on Interstate 80 near Dexter was walking along the interstate after her car broke down.

The woman was identified as 45-year-old Mandy Wendland from Omaha, Nebraska. She and another person were walking along the interstate when Wendland entered the travel portion of the roadway and was subsequently struck by a driver, according to a crash report.

Wendland was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash is still under investigation and officials are unsure how she ended up in the driving lane, Sgt. Alex Dinkla, spokesperson with the Iowa State Patrol told the Register.

Iowa State Patrol officials were dispatched to the crash at around 7:15 a.m. Thursday on westbound I-80 at the 98.6 mile marker near Dexter in Madison County.

No charges have been filed in the crash as of Friday morning, Dinkla said.