A Tyler woman died while trying to cross a highway early Sunday morning.

According to officials with the Texas Highway Patrol, just after 1:30 a.m., Marissa July-McCuin, 18, of Tyler was attempting to cross State Highway 64 west of Tyler when she was hit by a vehicle traveling westbound in the outside lane of traffic.

McCuin was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead around 3 a.m.

The driver of the vehicle, Justin Pierce, 30, of Tyler, left the scene, but was found a short time later and arrested for intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and accident involving death. He was booked into the Smith County Jail on two $250,000 bonds.

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