A 36-year-old Athens woman was killed Thursday night after being hit by car in Limestone County.

Alabama State Troopers this morning reported that Amber L. Lankster was killed when she was struck by a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu on Alabama 99 near Sugar Way Road, about seven miles north of Athens.

Lankster was a pedestrian and was pronounced dead at the scene. She was also involved in a previous crash, also as a pedestrian. Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate the incident.