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Pedestrian hit and killed on Interstate 5 Thursday

A semi-trailer driver hit and killed a pedestrian on Interstate 5 near milepost 267 outside Woodburn Thursday morning.

Oregon State Police said Jeri Sherrod, 63, of Salem, was standing in the northbound lane of Interstate 5 when hit by a semi-trailer driven by 57-year-old Donald Cagle around 1:06 a.m.

Police said there were numerous calls to 911 about a person in the lane before Sherrod was hit.

Northbound Interstate 5 was shut down for five hours. 

-Saphara Harrell