SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman was hit and killed by a garbage truck in Orange County on Wednesday.

Santa Ana police said the 50-year-old woman was decapitated and died at the scene. It happened just after 7 a.m. in a residential neighborhood near the intersection of Shelton Street and West Bishop Street.

The woman was reportedly crossing West Bishop Street when she was struck by a garbage truck heading southbound on the roadway.

Pio Pico Elementary School is nearby, and children and families were in the area during the crash, police said.

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