Rebecca Smouse

The Republic | azcentral.com

A woman was struck and killed by a GMC Yukon while crossing the street with a walker in Phoenix on Friday evening, according to police.

Dawn Cherrone, 59, was crossing Indian School Road near 11th Avenue when she was hit by a car, according to Phoenix Police Department spokesman Steve Martos.

Police arrived around 8 p.m. and rushed Cherrone to a hospital, Martos said. She was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Phoenix detectives from the Vehicular Crime Unit investigated the scene where they determined the victim was using a "wheeled assistance walker," Martos said. The driver, who has not been identified, was eastbound in the lane closet to the curb when Cherrone was hit.

Detectives determined the driver was not impaired, Martos said.