From Topeka, Kan.: A fatal incident occurred on a highway when a vehicle struck a woman assisting others. The woman, a school social worker, was hit by a pickup towing a trailer. She had been helping people involved in a prior crash that caused traffic to slow.

The driver of the pickup had veered to avoid stopped vehicles. The woman who was killed was identified as a 44-year-old social worker at an intermediate school. Further details about the incident are available from the source.

The incident is known to have involved multiple vehicles and a crash on a highway, resulting in the death of the social worker.