Car kills woman in motorized wheelchair

A woman who was riding her motorized wheelchair along a Galveston road is dead after being struck by a car on Wednesday, KHOU-Channel 11 reports.

The victim was traveling south on 53rd Street and ran a red light, authorities tell the station. A vehicle going west on Broadway hit her at about 4 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Her name will be released when family is notified.

Charges are not being sought against the driver, who is also unidentified at this time, KHOU says.

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