CONCORD TWP — A 37-year-old mother of three who was struck and killed in a weekend traffic accident was remembered as caring by loved ones and family members who talked with Butler Eagle staff on Monday.

Family members said they are still struggling to make sense of the tragedy that claimed Jennifer R. Shoaf's life.

”You have to have faith that God's going to see you through situations like this,” said Shoaf's father, Thomas Shoaf Sr., who lived next door to his daughter in Concord Township.

For the second time in less than two-and-a-half years, the grieving 76-year-old father is making funeral arrangements for one of his children.

Another daughter, Dana L. Shoaf Clark, 47, of Tarentum, Allegheny County, died Nov. 17, 2016, of health-related issues.

“I didn't sleep (Saturday) after it happened,” said Thomas Shoaf, who works for Butler Ambulance Service. “You think about things like why did it happen and the reasoning behind it.”

State police said Shoaf died around 9 p.m. Saturday after she was accidentally struck by two vehicles on Route 38 at Tipple Lane, just a quarter-mile from her house.

Butler County Coroner William Young III pronounced Shoaf dead at the scene. An autopsy Sunday determined she died of blunt force trauma. Her death was ruled accidental and no charges will be filed.

Investigators said the lack of lighting at night and Shoaf's dark clothing made it difficult for motorists to see her walking along the road.

“I have no idea why she was out taking a walk that time of night,” Thomas Shoaf said. “The only ones who know are her and God.”

Her fiancé, truck driver Jeff Ridgway, didn't know either.

“We all have questions about why she was so far up there,” he said.

Ridgway, 45, said Shoaf was at their home late that afternoon when he drove her 18-year-old daughter to work at a fast-food restaurant in Center Township. She is survived by two other daughters, ages 17 and 20, who were at the home Saturday night.

According to Ridgway, Shoaf was gone when he returned home around 6:30 p.m.

For most of the day, Thomas Shoaf was at a Pittsburgh hospital where his nephew was taken after suffering a stroke. He returned home around the same time as Ridgway.

“I thought she was with a friend,” Ridgway said of his absent fiancée.

A neighbor would later show up at their homes to break the news about what happened to Shoaf. The neighbor had apparently driven upon the accident just after it happened.

“I jumped up and bolted out the door,” Ridgway said. “I ran to where she was. I saw her on the road.”

A blanket or sheet covered the body of his fiancée. An official with one of the volunteer fire departments grabbed Ridgway and kept him from getting closer.

According to a police report, Shoaf was walking at the intersection when she signaled to get the attention of a motorist who was traveling north on Route 38.

The driver passed Shoaf and turned around, heading south to check on her welfare.

Shoaf “staggered and fell into the northbound traffic lane,” the report said.

The driver stopped and tried to signal northbound traffic by flashing high beams.

Shoaf was struck by two northbound vehicles — one driven by a 44-year-old Chicora woman and one by a 48-year-old Butler woman. Both vehicles were traveling the same section of road at the same time. According the police, the second vehicle was traveling directly behind the first.

Young said the woman was “laying on the road” where she was hit.

Authorities said toxicology tests, standard procedure in autopsies, will also be conducted as part of the investigation.

But there was apparently nothing immediate to suggest Shoaf was under the influence that night.

Still, Thomas Shoaf and Ridgway both acknowledged that Shoaf was a recovering drug addict.

Her father thought she had been clean for two years. Ridgway didn't think it was that long. He said she had been drinking wine earlier that day.

“She was the best woman I ever met,” he said, adding that they had been a couple for eight years. “She kept me in line.”

A loving daughter is how Shoaf remembered her.

“Jennifer was a caring person,” he said. “She had a lot of problems, but she was caring. She cared about friends and family. She'd help anybody any way she could.”