57-year-old woman struck and killed while crossing street in Statesboro

STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - [UPDATE 5:25 p.m.] Georgia State Patrol officials have confirmed that this crash is now fatal.

[UPDATE 1:20 p.m.] Georgia State Patrol officials have shared their preliminary findings of this morning’s crash in Statesboro with WTOC.

GSP says that a Trooper “responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on GA73 within the city limits of Statesboro” at 8:42 a.m. and, upon arrival, “, the Trooper was notified that the pedestrian was not breathing, and CPR was being performed by the LUCAS device.”

GSP determined “the pedestrian was riding a tricycle crossing GA73 within a marked crosswalk, moving north from the south shoulder of East Parrish Street” when they were struck by the vehicle.

At the time, GSP says the “crosswalk indicator was a stop/don’t walk hand signal for pedestrians” and the “pedestrian/cyclist disregarded the signal and entered the roadway.”

“A commercial truck was traveling east on East Parrish Street with a green traffic signal. The commercial truck struck the tricycle with its front bumper,” GSP says.

Officials say the person struck did not have any identification, and “a fingerprint scanner was used to identify the pedestrian/cyclist as a 57-year-old female.”

[ORIGINAL STORY] A person riding a bicycle was hit by a vehicle around 9:00 a.m. in Statesboro, WTOC has confirmed.

We spoke with the chief of Statesboro Police after receiving a phone call from a nearby business owner alerting us to the crash.

The Statesboro Police Chief confirms there was an accident involving an automobile and a bike. The status of the person riding the bicycle is not currently known at this time.

The Statesboro Police Department says Georgia State Patrol is handling the investigation.

This is a developing story and WTOC is actively working to learn more information. This page will be updated as new details become available.