FERGUSON, Mo. — A 61-year-old woman was hit by two different cars in Ferguson Wednesday morning, police said.
Just before 6 a.m., a driver was turning left from Woodstock onto South Florissant when she hit a 61-year-old woman that was walking to a nearby bus stop. Police said the driver stopped to check on the woman but the pedestrian was then struck by a Maroon Crossover SUV.
The driver of the SUV sped off from the area.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman with the Missouri State Highway Patrol identified her as Willetter Anderson-Watson.
The Ferguson Police Department is being assisted in their investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Trialnet is an organization dedicated to making St. Louis area roads safer. There have been auto-pedestrian accidents on this stretch of road in recent years but this is the first fatality.
"It's heart-wrenching that any person is a part of this process of deadly driving," said Charles Bryson with Trailnet. "When you look at some of these streets in the city and county what's apparent is people are driving too fast. I was against traffic because I want to see what's happening in front of me versus walking the same way as traffic and have the ability to jump out of the way if something happens."
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