What is the name of the driver in the episode 'The Hitch-Hiker'?

The driver in “The Hitch-Hiker” is Nan Adams.

Played by Inger Stevens, Nan is a 27-year-old woman driving cross-country from New York City toward Los Angeles. After a tire blowout on a Pennsylvania road, she repeatedly sees the same shabby hitchhiker, even though he seems to appear far ahead of her wherever she goes.

The episode’s supernatural twist is that Nan has already died in the accident. She does not understand her condition, so the journey continues from her perspective as a desperate attempt to reach California. Rod Serling’s closing narration identifies her by name and age before revealing that she never made it.

The story originated as a radio play by Lucille Fletcher, but Serling’s television adaptation changed the driver from a man to a young woman and moved the opening accident. The episode originally aired on January 22, 1960, as the sixteenth installment of the first season.