An elderly woman who died in hospital after being struck by a car in Dunedin yesterday may have walked out in front of the vehicle, police say.
Emergency services were called to Carroll St after reports of person being hit by a car about 2.30pm yesterday.
The woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital in critical condition and died yesterday evening.
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said early indications were that the 74-year-old woman had "just walked into the path of the oncoming vehicle", a blue Volkswagen Golf.
A witness yesterday said they heard a "loud bang" when the woman was hit by the car, near the intersection with Maitland St.
One ambulance and a rapid response unit attended.
Police cordoned off the road and an officer at the scene said the serious crash unit had been called.
