TORONTO

A 70-year-old woman died after being hit by a truck while jaywalking in Etobicoke.

According to Toronto Police Const. Hugh Smith, witnesses said the woman was running west across Park Lawn Rd., north of Lake Shore Blvd. W., after 7:30 a.m. Thursday when she tripped and fell.

“The truck was southbound ... it appeared (the 25-year-old driver) didn’t see her laying on the ground, getting up, and basically struck the woman, dragging her 30 metres to the ... intersection,” Smith said, adding the traffic light was green for southbound traffic.

Smith said that given the weight of the truck, which had a roll-off bin, it would have taken “quite a long time” for it to stop.

The woman might have tripped on a raised sewer grate, Smith added.

Police haven’t released her name.

nick.westoll@sunmedia.ca