WESTFIELD – A city woman who was struck by a car on her way to work Friday morning died at Baystate Medical Center Sunday evening.
Police report that the woman was struck at 6:40 a.m. by a 2004 Hyundai Accent being operated westbound on Notre Dame Street.
The male driver of the Hyundai called police immediately to report his car had struck the woman who, he said, was not awake but appeared to be breathing.
A city ambulance crew was the first emergency response team to get to the accident scene, arriving a 6:44 a.m.. and departed to take the woman to Baystate Medical Center eight minutes later.
The woman, a Mestek Inc. employee, was apparently crossing the street on her way to work after parking her vehicle in the company parking lot on the south side of the Notre Dame Street.
There is a crosswalk in the area of the crash but, since the crash remains under investigation by the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the city’s Traffic Bureau, the actual site of the crash has not been determined.
Police reported Monday morning that the female victim had passed away at the hospital about 8 p.m. Sunday.
At this time the Hampden County District Attorney’s office is withholding both the victim’s identity as well as that of the driver of the vehicle that struck her.
