Crime & Safety

Police ID Pedestrian Struck Friday on Skinker Blvd.

The accident happened around 6 a.m. Friday near the Dorchester.

Police have identified the woman struck and killed early Friday morning on Skinker Blvd. as CharlotteΒ Cunningham, 61.

KMOV reports that CunninghamΒ was crossing the street in the 600 block of Skinker Boulevard around 6 a.m. when she was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

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The driver of the car that struck the woman stopped and was questioned by police, Fox 2 reported.Β Accident reconstruction crews also investigated the accident.

Dorchester residentΒ Sara Mendelow told KMOV that with high pedestrian traffic and speeding cars,Β the street can be dangerous at certain times.

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