Police identify pedestrian killed in Monday night accident

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Police have identified Eunice Helen Ortega, 43, as the pedestrian killed in a Monday night collision.

 

Sgt. Pete Dugan of the Tucson Police Department says that on June 13, officers responded to the 1600 West Valencia Road for a reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.

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Tucson Fire transported Ortega to Banner University Medical Center, said Dugan. She died as a result of her injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.

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Detectives determined a 2007 Dodge pick-up truck was headed westbound on Valencia in the center lane, said Dugan. Ortega was walking northbound across Valencia Road when she was struck.

 

Ortega was not in a marked crosswalk, said Dugan.

 

Detectives do not believe speed to be a factor and there were no signs of impairment.