Kelly Alaniz, 50, of Santa Ana, has been killed after she was hit by a car while filling her empty gas tank on the shoulder of I-5 in Anaheim, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Alaniz was in a Ford Explorer when it ran out of gas on northbound I-5 between Lincoln Avenue and Euclid Street. While she was refilling the tank from a gas canister, a Nissan Altima entering the freeway from the Lincoln Avenue on-ramp hit her. Alaniz was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange where she later died.
The driver of the Altima — identified as a 47-year-old Buena Park woman — stayed at the scene. She was not immediately cited or arrested
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