Woman Hit and Killed by UPS Truck on NW Side

A 78-year-old woman was fatally struck by a UPS truck Monday afternoon in the Pulaski Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. 

About 4:45 p.m., the woman was in the crosswalk on Peterson Avenue when she was hit by the truck as it turned right from westbound Peterson to northbound Central Park Avenue, according to Chicago Police. 

The 64-year-old man driving the truck remained at the scene of the crash and attempted to render aid before paramedics arrived, police said. 

The woman was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not provide information on the fatality. 

Police said the driver was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk.

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