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An 87-year-old woman who was struck by a car while crossing the street Sunday afternoon on Tucson's south side has died, police say.

Catalina Deharo-Rodriguez was struck when she stepped in front of traffic in the 6200 block of South 12th Avenue, north of West Valencia Road, Tucson police said in a news release Wednesday.

She died Tuesday at a hospital, the release said.

Police said Deharo-Rodriguez crossed north of an unmarked crosswalk at the corner of West Santa Maria Street when she was stuck by an Oldsmobile sedan.

The driver the Oldsmobile, an 88-year-old man, remained at the crash scene and was cooperating with police, the release said.


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