Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Car on Huntington Drive in Duarte Friday

An elderly woman was hit by a car traveling eastbound on Huntington Drive and was pronounced dead at the scene.

An elderly woman was fatally struck by a car on Huntington Drive in Duarte in an apparent traffic accident, a sheriff's official said.

The unidentified woman in her 70s was hit by a car traveling eastbound on Huntington Drive near Highland Avenue shortly after 6 a.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Jorge Marchena said.

"It appears to be just an accident, she might have stepped into traffic," Marchena said.

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Authorities are still on scene investigating the incident, Marchena said. The driver does not appear to be at fault, he said.

"It's just an accident at this point," Marchena said.

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