Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center student was identified as the person killed in a hit-and-run on Highway 1 near Monterey on Sunday.

The California Highway Patrol says one person is dead after a hit-and-run on Highway 1 in Monterey Sunday morning. A CHP spokesperson said that around 9:48 a.m., there were reports of a two-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 1 just past Aguajito Road.

MONTEREY — A 19-year-old woman from North Carolina was killed in a hit-and-run collision on State Route 1 on Sunday, according to a news release from the California Highway Patrol. The woman was identified as Maddie Elizabeth Fletcher, a 19-year-old from Shelby, North Carolina, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

A driver has died after going around a barricade and driving off the edge of a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. Photos of Interstate 40 with multiple lanes washed out by Helene near the Tennessee state line drew widespread attention after the storm as the region was largely cut off by numerous road closures.

The highway has been shut down since Hurricane Helene's floodwaters swept away extensive sections along the Pigeon River.

A 63-year-old woman, Patricia Mahoney of Southern Pines, North Carolina, died after driving around a barricade and off a hurricane-damaged stretch of Interstate 40 that had been severely eroded by Hurricane Helene.