Tractor-trailer strikes, kills pedestrian in Blue Springs

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) - An Independence woman has died after walking in front of a tractor-trailer in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 25-year-old Caitlyn Morgan. The patrol says the tractor-trailer was headed westbound on Interstate 70 when Morgan stepped in front of it around 2 a.m. Thursday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.