TN Woman Susan Keller ID’d As Pedestrian Struck In Fatal Monday Night Gallatin Collision

SUMNER COUNTY, TN. (THECOUNT) — Susan Keller, of Westmoreland, TN, has been identified as the woman killed while walking on Highway 31E in Sumner County Monday night.

Keller, whose age was not provided, was hit while attempting to walk to her disabled vehicle Monday evening on U.S. 31E, Gallatin, TN, north of Rockbridge Market.

The victim was experiencing car trouble and was force to pull over on Highway 31E. Other motorists reportedly stopped to assist Keller, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said.

At some point, Keller was crossing the highway to return to her vehicle when she was struck by a passing pickup truck.

Keller was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries suffered in the collision.

Keller was taken to Sumner County Regional Medical Center where she died. source

The investigation is ongoing.

Gallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee. The population was 30,678 at the 2010 census and 32,307 in 2013. Named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, the city was established on the Cumberland River and made the county seat of Sumner County in 1802, source Wikipedia.