(Marshall County, Iowa) – A woman who was crossing a street in Marshalltown late Saturday night was struck by an unknown Dodge RAM pickup and died at a hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports 30-year-old Melanie Katherine Nelson, of Marshalltown, was crossing South 3rd Avenue, just south of the intersection with East Main Street, when she was hit. The vehicle fled the scene and was still at-large as of this report.

The accident happened at around 10:05-p.m.  Nelson was transported by Marshalltown Fire to Unity Point Hospital, where she died from her injuries.