City truck hits, kills woman in Roxborough
By Dwight Ott
Inquirer Staff Writer
A 57-year-old Roxborough woman was hit by a city sanitation truck and fatally injured as she attempted to cross the street at Ridge Avenue and Green Lane early yesterday afternoon, police said.
The woman, identified as Marie Gross of the 300 block of Gates Street, was crossing the intersection near her home when she was hit. Her hands were reportedly loaded with packages when she began to cross, west to east, near a bus stop and a bank.
The truck, southbound on Ridge Avenue, hit and knocked her over its front wheels, severing one leg and almost cutting off the other. She was pronounced dead at 1:58 p.m. at Temple University Hospital.
The accident is still under investigation. No charges have been filed.
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