Pedestrian killed on New Year's Eve

A Panama City Beach woman was killed Thursday night when she tried to cross Front Beach Road at about 8:20 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

Amanda Jensen, 53, was traveling south and was attempting to cross Front Beach road near 2nd Street when she was struck by a 2001 four door Hundai being driven by 25-year-old Gregory A. Lowe of Fort Walton Beach, investigators wrote. Lowe and his passenger, Tiffany Lowe, 26, suffered minor injuries in the incident, officials said. Jensen was pronounced dead at the scene.

Charges in the case are pending further investigation, officials said in a news release.