91-year-old Willoughby woman hit by truck in parking lot, killed
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Posted: 11/15/2012
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio - A 91-year-old woman was struck and killed by a truck while crossing a parking lot with her walker.
The crash happened at the Willo Plaza Shopping Center in Willoughby just before 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Willoughby police said a Mentor man was driving in the shopping center driveway and turned into the parking lot of the Hantz Group, where he hit 91-year-old Bertha J. Adams, of Willoughby. Adams was using her walker to walk across the parking lot.
She was taken to Lake West Medical Center, where she died from her injuries. Police said the driver was not injured.
Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors, the Willoughby Police Department said.
Anyone with information on the crash should call the department at 440-953-4212.
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