One dead, one arrested after pedestrian struck by rolling vehicle in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. - An Omaha woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Thursday night, Omaha Police officials said.

The Omaha Police Department says 37-year-old Omaha resident Ashley Dotson was killed after being struck by a rolling vehicle.

According to a press release issued by OPD, officers were called to a personal injury crash near 26th and Lake at 10:23 p.m. on Thursday night.

Investigators with OPD say that a 2005 Toyota Corolla exited the freeway at a high rate of speed, and the driver then tried to make a left turn onto Lake Street but lost control.

The vehicle then began to spin and eventually rolled over, authorities said.

Officers said that the out-of-control vehicle then went over the sidewalk on the west side of the ramp, where Dotson was standing. Officials the vehicle then struck her as it was rolling.

Dotson was transported to Nebraska Medicine, where she was eventually pronounced dead.

Omaha Police officials said the vehicle was driven by 21-year-old Sarah Faya of Omaha. Police booked Faya at Douglas County Corrections for motor vehicle homicide and DUI.