'Guiding Light' actress Zina Bethune killed in 'hit-and-run', aged 66

Actress and dancer Zina Bethune was killed in an apparent hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park in California on Sunday night.

Bethune stopped her car and walked into the road to check on an injured animal when the first vehicle travelling in the opposite direction hit her, reports The Los Angeles Times.

The 66-year-old actress was hurled onto the other side of the road. She was then run over by a second vehicle, which dragged her body about 600 feet, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Traffic Division.

Bethune died at 12.05am. Police have interviewed a number of drivers who stopped at the scene.

Bethune starred in several television series such as Guiding Light, Planet of the Apes and The Doctors and the Nurses.

She was also a dance teacher, who taught disabled children in Southern California.

Watch Zina Bethune perform on The Judy Garland Show below: