(Radio Iowa) – A pedestrian walking on Interstate 80 near Des Moines was killed by a car early this (Thursday) morning. The state patrol says the unidentified woman was walking in the traffic lane near mile marker 142 in Altoona when she was struck and killed around 4:15 A-M. No charges are filed against the motorist.

It’s the second time this month a woman has been hit and killed as she walked along a Des Moines metro area interstate. Thirty-eight-year-old Stephanie Waddell of Oskaloosa died on May 9th when she was hit along I-35 in West Des Moines. This week, 19-year-old Frank Davidson of Earlham was arrested on multiple charges in Waddell’s death.