An 11-year-old Corvallis girl has died after being struck Wednesday by a driver while in a marked crosswalk, police said.

Police said Rhianna Daniel was walking across Oregon 99W, a five-lane thoroughfare known as Southwest Third Street in Corvallis. She was hit by a southbound vehicle driven by 45-year-old Peter Eschwey.

Emergency responders were dispatched at 6:43 p.m. Rhianna was taken to a nearby hospital but succumbed to her injuries late Thursday evening.

Her family is asking for privacy. Eschwey “is cooperating with investigators,” police said in a news release, but officers said the investigation is ongoing. Law enforcement officers are working with the Benton County district attorney’s office to examine the girl’s death and have not said whether speed or intoxication are suspected.

She was crossing near the 1000 block of the highway, which is just south of a series of highway interchanges at the south end of downtown Corvallis.

It’s long been a dangerous stretch of highway. Two cyclists were struck and killed by drivers in the same general area in less than two years.

Eric Austin died while biking through the same crosswalk in June 2018, according to a city spokesman.

Just two months later, a driver struck and damaged the existing pedestrian signal lights in the center island, just as the state transportation department had begun a project to install flashing pedestrian beacons at that crosswalk.

Last October, another cyclist was struck and killed just north of the crosswalk while biking across the highway.

Patrick Rollens, a city spokesman, said the state plans to have the flashing beacons installed again at that site this month.

Lt. Daniel Duncan, a police spokesman, said the crossing has lighted signals on both sides of the street but it’s not clear if they were working and activated. Duncan said that’s “still being investigated." He added that the center pedestrian island had signs but no functional lights.

Rhianna is the second 11-year-old Oregon child to be killed by a driver while walking in a crosswalk this week. A Gresham boy was struck and killed by a driver while he was walking to school Monday. The driver was arrested and charged with manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving.

-- Andrew Theen; atheen@oregonian.com; 503-294-4026; @andrewtheen

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