NORWOOD, Mass. (WHDH) – Police have identified the elderly woman who was hit and killed by an SUV Wednesday while crossing the street with a bouquet of flowers outside Norwood Hospital.
Dawn Whitney, 81, of Foxborough, was hit about 12 p.m. on Washington Street, Norwood police said.
“The pedestrian was crossing the street in or near the crosswalk,” Norwood Police Chief William Brooks said. “The gray SUV was traveling northbound and apparently struck the woman as she was nearing the other side of the street.”
Although doctors rushed out of the hospital to help Whitney, she later died in surgery, officials said.
Police say doctors rushed out to woman, brought her into operating room but she didn’t make it. She was hit by this Toyota Rav 4.#7News pic.twitter.com/2ZvsTA8WtX
— Byron Barnett (@Byron_Barnett) April 25, 2018
“A doctor and nursing staff ran right out to the scene,” Brooks said. “They got her straight into the emergency room, where she, unfortunately, was pronounced dead.”
The driver of the Toyota Rav 4 that hit the woman remained at the scene. Police shut down Washington Street for several hours while they investigated the crash.
Scattered flowers, a broken vase and a pair of shoes could be seen on the ground just feet from the hospital’s entrance.
Police believe woman was crossing the street carrying flowers to the hospital when she was hit.#7News pic.twitter.com/2FPtkNsXBG
— Byron Barnett (@Byron_Barnett) April 25, 2018
The driver of the SUV is cooperating with police. The individual showed no signs of impairment and did not appear to be speeding, officials said.
The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office is assisting with the investigation.
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