WEST VILLAGE, Manhattan. (WABC) -- A 27-year-old woman from Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fatally struck by a van in the West Village on Thursday morning.

The victim was crossing Seventh Avenue in the crosswalk just after 8:30 a.m. when she was struck by a 2020 GMC van driven by a 61-year-old man.

Police say preliminarily it appears that the van pulled out of a garage, and instead of turning right, the driver went westbound on Morton Street, which is a one-way eastbound street.

Residents in the area say that cars often pull out of the garage and go the wrong way because there is no obvious signage letting them know which direction the little stretch of Morton Street goes.

Witnesses say the woman was given CPR but she died from her injuries.

The driver, who appears to be a courier, st

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