A woman died after being struck by a dump truck while crossing Cleveland Avenue at Ford Parkway in Saint Paul on Thursday morning, according to preliminary information from police.
Saint Paul police officers went to the intersection of Ford Parkway and Cleveland Avenue, in the city’s Highland Park neighborhood, just after 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, after a report of a pedestrian crash with injuries, the department said.
Preliminary information suggests the pedestrian, an adult woman, was hit by a dump truck as she crossed Cleveland Avenue, police said. Saint Paul Fire medics pronounced her dead at the scene.
The driver of the dump truck, an adult man, stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation, police said. No signs of impairment were observed.
Police closed the intersection while the department’s Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Forensic Services units processed the scene. It has since reopened.
The department said no further information is available at this time.
