Houston police are investigating after a woman, who was possibly homeless, was struck and killed by a garbage truck early Tuesday.
According to investigators with the Houston Police Department, the woman was wearing dark clothing and lying in the unlit parking lot of a restaurant around 4:55 a.m. That is when a garbage truck pulled into the lot. The driver did not see the woman and ran over her.
Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the 47-year-old victim dead. The release of her identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The driver of the truck, who remained at the scene, was determined not to be impaired and was questioned and released.
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