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An 81-year-old woman has died days after she was struck by a car while crossing a neighborhood street in the city's west side, Tucson police say.

Martha Ballesteros Lopez was struck about 7 a.m. Sept. 23 as she crossed North Riverside Drive near West Sonora Street, near West St. Mary's Road, Tucson police said in a news release.

She died at the hospital Sept. 28.

Investigators say Lopez was in an unmarked crosswalk when she was struck by a white Chrysler sedan making a turn from eastbound Sonora onto Riverside. The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, the release said.

The crash remains under investigation.


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