While waiting for the bus in South Philadelphia, a woman was hit and killed by a pickup truck that reversed onto the sidewalk.
A woman was waiting for the bus when she was hit by a car and killed on Saturday, according to a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Police Department.
Police said that a woman in her mid-60s was standing on the sidewalk at the bus stop at the intersection of 7th and Ritner streets in South Philadelphia just after 7 p.m. when the crash happened on Feb. 22.
A black-colored Ford F-150 reversed onto the sidewalk and hit the woman, police said. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead just after 7:30 p.m.
The driver is identified as a man in his late-50s, according to police. He was taken into custody.
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