UPDATE: On Wednesday, the State Medical Examiner's Office and the Lee County Coroner's Office confirmed the identity of the woman as
Maxwell died Sunday morning after being hit by a car near the Bent Creek Road exit of Interstate 85 in Auburn.
Auburn police, fire and EMS paramedics responded to a call of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle near exit 57 early Sunday morning, police said. When officers arrived on the scene shortly after 12:40 a.m., they found an unresponsive woman lying in the road near the end of the exit 57 ramp, the Lee County Coroner's Office said.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said Sunday that Maxwell died instantly from blunt-force impact injuries. Harris pronounced her dead at 1:05 a.m.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicated Maxwell was walking in the roadway when she was struck by the vehicle. No charges have been filed, and the Auburn Police Division is still investigating the incident, police said.
The driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old female from Tuskegee, did not sustain any injuries and remained on the scene. She was driving a 2012 Honda Accord, police said.
Maxwell's body was sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Medical Examiner's Office in Montgomery for a post-mortem investigation and identification.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Auburn Police at 334-501-3140 or the anonymous tip line at 334-246-1391.
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