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April Tasker, 21, was hit by a tractor-trailer and killed Wednesday as she attempted to walk across Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The incident occured around 3:00 a.m. when, leaving her vehicle parked on the shoulder near Highway 73, she walked towards the median. Tasker was hit by Wilhelm Salewski, 67, of Dayton, Texas, who was not believed to be impaired at the time of the crash and was not cited.