A woman walking on a highway in southern Iowa’s Lucas County was struck by a van late Tuesday evening as she walked on Highway 34, on the east edge of Chariton. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year old Sherri Adams, of Chariton, was in the middle of the eastbound lane when she was hit by a van driven by 50-year old Jamie Bermel, of Lawrence, KS.

Bermel was traveling eastbound in the 2006 Toyota when the collision occurred at around 8:25-p.m. Adams was transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital. A report on her condition is not available.

The accident remains under investigation.