PEDESTRIAN HIT: Woman Killed Near Boone

A Boone woman died after being hit by a car Thursday night.

According to Police, just after 9 p.m. Riann Behm was out walking with a friend when she was struck.

Commander John Sloter said 19-year old Russell Latree was driving on Hawkeye Road in a section with no street lights on the south side of Boone.

Paramedics airlifted Behm to Mercy Medical Center, where she passed away.

Latree and a woman walking with Behm were not hurt.

The accident is under investigation, but no charges have been filed.