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Elderly Woman Hit By Car, Killed In Savage

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- An elderly woman is dead after being hit by a car that was backing out of a driveway in Savage Tuesday morning, according to police.

The Savage Police Department and Savage Fire Department responded to the incident at about 5:20 a.m. on the 9000 block of Preserve Trail. When officers arrived, they found an elderly woman lying in the westbound lane of Preserve Trail. The vehicle that hit her was on the north side of Preserve Trail.

Authorities say the vehicle was reportedly backing out of a driveway when the woman was hit. She was pronounced dead at the scene. What led up to the incident is under investigation by Savage police with assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

The woman has not been identified.

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