One person is dead after a crash on I-35 in Denton on Saturday morning, police said.
According to the Denton Police Department, officers were dispatched to a crash shortly after 4 a.m. in the 2400 block of South I-35E following multiple 911 calls reporting a body in the roadway.
According to police, one caller stated that he had struck a pedestrian near the Buc-ee's Boulevard exit.
The preliminary investigation showed that the victim had stopped their vehicle on the right shoulder of the interstate and exited the vehicle for an unknown reason, police said.
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According to police, the victim is believed to have walked into the right lane of traffic where they were struck by a vehicle.
Police said the pedestrian was run over by at least one other vehicle.
The drivers of both vehicles involved in the crash are cooperating with the investigation, police said.
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All southbound lanes of I-35E were closed at the Lillian Miller Parkway exit and reopened around 8 a.m.
According to police, the victim has not been positively identified yet.
