A 69-year-old woman was struck and killed by a garbage truck while crossing the street in Santa Ana early Wednesday morning, police say.

The crash happened a little before 8 a.m. in a neighborhood near Shelton Street and Bishop Street, according to the Santa Ana Police Department . It happened less than a block from Pio Pico Elementary School.

Officers arrived to find that a garbage truck had struck a pedestrian. The victim, identified as Santa Ana woman Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga, was declared dead at the scene by Orange County Fire Authority paramedics.

"Based on the preliminary investigation, the trash truck was traveling eastbound on Bishop St. when it made a right turn onto southbound Shelton St. at the roundabout," an SAPD release said. "The truck subsequently struck Rubalcava as

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