Woman dies after struck by police car in Columbus

9:05 AM, Oct 15, 2012   |    comments
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COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Authorities say a woman has been killed when she was struck by a police car while walking across a Columbus street.
    
Television station WRBL reports that the accident occurred early Sunday morning on North Lumpkin Road near Victory Drive in Columbus.
    
Muscogee County Coroner Bill Thrower said the woman died about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses said the woman was apparently walking to a local night club at the time of the accident. The station reported that shoes could be seen in the street after the accident and the police car had a broken windshield.
    
The name of the woman has not been released.

Associated Press