BLOOMFIELD TWP. (WWJ) -- A 50-year-old woman was killed over the weekend when she was hit by a car outside an upscale grocery store in Bloomfield Township.
According to police, the victim was on foot in the parking lot behind Nino Salvaggio, on Telegraph Rd. near W. Maple Rd., at around 1:20 p.m. Sunday when she was struck by a Lincoln MKZ.
FOX 2 Detroit reports that the man believed he had hit a curb until people ran up and started banging on his car window to tell him that he hit a person.
The injured woman was taken to a local hospital where she later died.
Police said the driver involved, an 83-year-old man, stayed at the scene and has been cooperating with investigation. It's not clear at this time if the man could face charges in the woman's death.
It's not believed that speed or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
The woman's name has not been released, as the investigation continues.
Anyone who witnessed this incident asked to call the Bloomfield Twp. Police Department at 248-433-7755.
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