Just before 7pm Friday night, a woman was struck by a pickup truck while walking across 16th Street. She later died at a Beaumont hospital.
Captain Keith Longlois with the Orange Police Dept. said the 56 year old woman was leaving the Dollar General in the 3000 block of 16th Street. She was walking to the other side of the busy road when she was struck by a man driving northbound in a pick up.
The woman was transported in critical condition and was later pronounced deceased at the hospital. The man did not receive any injuries and cooperated with police following the accident.
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