EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A 90-year-old woman is dead after a pedestrian crash on Tuesday evening, May 20, in Northeast El Paso, El Paso Police Department (EPPD) said.
EPPD said that officers responded at 8 p.m. on Tuesday to the 9300 block of Stahala Drive for a reported crash involving a pedestrian.
The Special Traffic Investigations unit was called to assist in the investigation. The preliminary information revealed that a GMC Sierra was traveling west on Rutherford Drive approaching the intersection of Stahala Drive, EPPD said.
EPPD said the truck stopped at the intersection and then made a left turn, striking a pedestrian, later identified as 90-year-old Helen Clanan, crossing the street on the crosswalk.
Clanan was taken to a local hospital, and three days later, investigators were notified that she had died, EPPD said.
This is the 24th traffic fatality this year.
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