Blythe woman identified after being struck & killed crossing I-10

A Blythe woman has been identified by the coroner’s office after she was struck and killed while crossing eastbound I-10 near Coachella early Monday morning.

Maria Alvarado, 39, was struck by a vehicle on the interstate at about 3:30 a.m. east of Dillon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. A witness reported that a black Chrysler 200 had hit an unknown object in the roadway, possibly an animal, according to the CHP, which stopped traffic and found Alvarado in the eastbound lanes.

She was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 4 a.m., according to the coroner’s office.

All lanes of eastbound I-10 were back open to traffic at about 6 a.m.