MELBOURNE, Fla. – A 74-year-old woman in a motorized wheelchair died Saturday after she attempted to cross a Melbourne roadway with her dog and both were struck by a car, police said.
Officers with the Melbourne Police Department responded to the scene on North Wickham Road north of its intersection with Lake Washington Road, where they said the woman — identified by police as Mary Tuck, of Melbourne — was attempting to cross northbound lanes when she entered the path of a 2018 Kia Niro and was struck by it. An exact time of the crash had either not been confirmed or shared by police at the time of this report.
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Tuck sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash and the dog she was with succumbed to its injuries at the scene, police said. She was taken to a local hospital by Brevard County Fire Rescue where she later died, according to a news release.
The car that struck them was driven by a 49-year-old Virginia woman, police said. A traffic homicide investigation currently underway to determine if alcohol, drugs or a medical episode were a factor in the crash, the release states.
Anyone with information about the crash was urged to contact Traffic Homicide Investigator Officer Livingston at (321) 288-8288.
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