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A dump track crashed into an 88-year-old Pensacola woman crossing the street in a motorized wheelchair Wednesday morning in Escambia County.
It happened around 10:15 a.m. on Mobile Highway near W Fairfield Drive.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the woman was crossing Mobile Highway in a motorized wheelchair, while the dump truck — driven by a 40-year-old Pensacola man — was traveling north on Mobile Highway.
“The front of the dump truck collided with the pedestrian, entrapping the pedestrian under the truck,” FHP says in a release.
The woman was transported by EMS with minor injuries.
No further details were released.
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Source: weartv
