Missouri patrol says woman sitting in road hit, killed

STOCKTON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a woman has died after she was hit by a vehicle on state Highway 39 just south of Stockton.

KYTV reports the incident happened just before 8 p.m. Friday. The patrol says 83-year-old Clever Hermina, of Everton, was sitting in the southbound land of the highway when she was hit.

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Hermina was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was not injured.

Investigators have not said what led Hermina to be in the road at night.

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