Woman fatally struck by pickup identified as Ramona resident

Authorities publicly identified a woman killed when a pickup struck her and a male companion as they were walking at night in their hometown of Ramona Saturday.

The westbound 1997 Toyota T100 hit Ashley Dietze, 35, and the 42-year-old man as they were crossing a dimly lit stretch of roadway on Main Street near 7th Street shortly before 9:30 p.m., according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol.

Dietze died at the scene. Paramedics took the man to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, CHP Officer Jasmine Lopez said.

The 19-year-old driver of the truck and a 17-year-old boy riding in it were uninjured, according to the CHP.