VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman who stepped into the road to pick up something she dropped was fatally struck by a pickup truck Monday morning in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the 30-year-old woman was crossing International Speedway Boulevard near Red John Drive at about 6:45 a.m. but ran back into the road to pick up an item she’d dropped. [TRENDING: Florida debuts new vaccine hotline | Merritt Island-bound plane found in ocean | Titusville man accused of killing mother] Records show a 20-year-old DeLand man driving a pickup truck hit the woman as she was in the street.