Pamela Alexander was struck and killed by a hit-and-run tractor trailer after attempting to dislodge a traffic cone from her vehicle in a construction zone on Interstate 26 in Henderson County, North Carolina

Pamela Alexander, of Whitmire, hit a traffic cone in a construction zone on I-26 near mile marker 46 in Henderson County, stopped in the traffic lane to try to dislodge the cone, and then fell out of the car, Contas said. It happened around 12:30 a.m. A witness behind her stopped to help and was moving Alexander's car out of the traffic lane when Alexander was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer, Contas said.