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81-year-old woman fatally struck by pickup in parking lot of Freeport grocery store

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — An 81-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a pickup truck in the parking lot of a Freeport Cub Foods grocery store.

According to the Freeport Police Department, officers were called to Cub Foods, at 1512 S West Avenue, at 3:19 p.m. Monday for a report of a pedestrian that had been hit.

The 54-year-old driver of the pickup, a man from Lena, remained on the scene.

Police said the woman was hit as she was exiting the store, and the driver of the truck failed to yield.

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The woman was taken to FHN Hospital and then later transferred to another hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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The crash is under investigation, police said.

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