A 54-year-old pedestrian is dead after she was struck by a cement truck driver while crossing the road near Yonge and Eglinton, Toronto police say.

Police arrived at Yonge St. and Erskine Ave. at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Officers say the woman was crossing Erskine Ave. while the truck was trying to make a right turn, striking her in the process.

Mourners at a small vigil held Wednesday night near where the woman was killed identified the victim as Evangeline Lauroza. Those assembled included members of the North York church group she attended, who described Lauroza as a devout Christian who played guitar at their weekly religious get-togethers.

They said she was originally from the Philippines and was working in the Yonge and Eglinton area as a caregiver at the time of her death. The group is trying to raise money to send her body back home.

Police said a 54-year-old man was driving a Mack Cement Truck north on Yonge St. at the time of the collision.

The woman was dragged before the truck came to a stop, police told reporters at the scene.

The woman died at the scene, said Toronto police Sgt. Brett Moore.

The driver remained at the scene of the collision, according to police.

“That’s the second death by a construction truck since January in my area,” Councillor Mike Colle (Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence) wrote in a Facebook post.

A 40-year-old male pedestrian was killed by a dump truck driver while crossing Lawrence Ave. W., at the Allen Rd. exit on Jan. 16.

Colle is urging for a “pause” in development in the Yonge-Eglinton area, saying that it’s being overwhelmed by heavy construction vehicles.

Police are encouraging witnesses to come forward with information.

Correction - September 11, 2019: This article was edited from a previous version that mistakenly said the woman was crossing Yonge St.when she was struck.

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