Another pedestrian killed on I-10 near 40th Street hours after a woman was killed

PHOENIX - Another person was killed on I-10 in Phoenix Monday just a mile away and hours ago from a deadly morning crash.

The afternoon crash happened around 1 p.m. near eastbound I-10 and 40th Street in a construction zone, Arizona DPS says.

"DPS received calls about a male subject was running into and around the lanes of traffic on Interstate 10 at that location. At one point he attempted to get into a vehicle. He was subsequently struck by a semi and was deceased on scene," Bart Graves with Arizona DPS says.

The semi truck driver stayed at the scene.

The victim is Joseph Anthony Waltman, 34, a transient with no known address, DPS said.

Woman killed on the same stretch of highway

Hours before, a woman was killed in the same area.

That crash happened at 6:17 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near 40th Street. A woman was hit by three vehicles in a construction zone.

DPS says the woman was walking along the freeway when she was hit. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim is Alejandra Lopez, 24, with no known address.

"We have not yet been able to locate the hit and run driver who fled from the scene," DPS said.

"It's a tragedy. We don't like to see any loss of life but it's one of those strange situations where we have two back-to-back so close to each other. This is all controlled access highway. Pedestrians are not permitted on these highways at this point in our state and this area of the state, so it's just one of the crazy things that you wouldn't expect to see happen and unfortunately, it's happened today," DPS Sgt. Eric Andrews said.

DPS also says the two people who were hit may have been impaired.