A woman was struck and killed on a Fort Lauderdale sidewalk after two vehicles were involved in a crash at an intersection Tuesday morning, officials said.
The crash happened at the intersection of Broward Boulevard and Andrews Avenue and involved an AT&T vehicle and a City of Fort Lauderdale vehicle, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said.
One of the vehicles struck a woman who was on a nearby sidewalk. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman's identity wasn't released but officials said she was in her 70s and a Broward County resident.
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Footage from the scene showed one vehicle, a van, with front end damage, and the other, a sedan, with passenger side damage. The woman's body was nearby covered by a yellow tarp.
The crash also caused a pole with a crosswalk button to be knocked over.
Witnesses said they heard screeching tires before the collision. Some witnesses ran over to try to help the woman.
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"We not try to touch her because we didn't know how bad she was because she wasn't moving at all," witness Roman Carrasco said.
Neither driver suffered major injuries. The incident remains under investigation.
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