Authorities say a woman got hit by a vehicle and is dead after she argued with her boyfriend and was stranded on Interstate 25 south of Albuquerque.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department says the woman was trying to flag down vehicles when she was struck Tuesday evening.
Sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Williamson says deputies learned that the woman had argued with her boyfriend and that he stopped the vehicle they were in on the side of the highway, got out and began walking.
Williamson says that's when she started to try to flag down vehicles and was struck.
No identities were released.
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