This news item was updated at 12:30 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Troopers are looking for witnesses to a fatal hit and run on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis last night that left a 77-year-old pedestrian dead.
The Washington State Patrol was called about 10 p.m. to the northbound lanes near the Labree Road interchange where Lily M. Rowland of Chehalis was killed when she was struck by a vehicle, according to Trooper Steven Schatzel.
Rowland was walking southbound when she was struck, according to Schatzel.
“My understanding is she was walking in the lane of travel,” Schatzel said today.
Schatzel said troopers don’t know why she was walking on the freeway. He didn’t believe she had left a disabled vehicle nearby, he said.
Lewis County Fire District 5’s public information officer Lt. Laura Hanson said crews responded, found the victim and proceeded as they normally would in such a situation. Hanson had no further details.
Rowland was dead at the scene, according to the state patrol.
Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call detective Matt Hughes at 360-449-7944.
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