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A woman was struck by a car and killed outside the Marine Barracks this morning.

A Metropolitan Police Department public information officer said the incident occurred at 8th and I Streets SE shortly before 11 a.m. He could not provide the woman’s identity or the number of pedestrian fatalities in D.C. so far this year. The driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene.

Fox 5’s Paul Wagner reports that the woman worked in the cafeteria at the Barracks. Request for comment from a Marine Barracks spokesperson was not immediately returned.

At least eight pedestrians have been killed this year, based on news reports. D.C.’s pedestrian fatality rate is higher than the national average, leaving the city eligible for federal improvement funds.

Update: Here’s more information from the MPD about the incident that killed 44 year-old Julie Phillips of Alexandria, Va.

On Thursday, November 7, 2013 at approximately 10:00 am, a pedestrian was walking eastbound on I Street when she entered the roadway attempting to cross the street in a northbound direction. The pedestrian was struck by a 2014 Freightliner box truck that was traveling westbound, causing the pedestrian massive blunt force trauma. The adult female succumbed to the injuries she received in the collision and was subsequently pronounced dead by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.