A woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit and killed Tuesday afternoon in Winter Springs, a spokesperson for the city told WESH 2.

It happened around 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of State Road 434 and Belle Avenue.

Officials said they found the woman lying in the roadway, "deceased from what appeared to be injuries suffered from being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer."

The woman was on the sidewalk when a semi heading east on SR-434 was attempting to make a right turn on Belle Avenue.

As the semi began to turn right onto Belle, the woman started to cross Belle and was hit by the trailer of the turning semi, thrown from the wheelchair and killed, officials said.

The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.

The victim has been identified as 58-year-old Colene

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