ELOY β€” A section of eastbound Interstate 10 near Eloy was closed for seven hours so that police could investigate the death of a woman whose body was thrown from a vehicle.

Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says the woman in her 20s was found on the interstate's shoulder late Sunday night.

A caller told authorities that the woman, who has not been identified, was thrown from a vehicle.

The circumstances of her death are unknown, according to DPS.Β 

The section of eastbound interstate was reopened Monday morning.

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