STILLWATER, Minn. — Editor's note: The video above first aired Aug. 29, 2022.
A woman is dead, and reconstruction experts are investigating the sequence of events that led to her being struck by a garbage truck early Tuesday.
Stillwater police posted on Facebook that the incident happened around 7:45 a.m. on the 900 block of Willard St. W. Squads and first responders were dispatched on reports of a pedestrian-vehicle accident and arrived to find the victim, described only as an adult female, dead on the scene. Family has identified the woman as 81-year-old Margaret Peterson. A GoFundMe has been started to help raise more for funeral expenses.
The vehicle involved is owned by Waste Management. The company had several officials on-site cooperating with authorities and released a short statement on the deadly accident Tuesday afternoon.
"We were sorry to learn of this unfortunate incident," read the statement. "WM is cooperating with Stillwater Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol as they investigate this incident."
Stillwater police will continue to investigate with help from the State Patrol Accident Reconstruction Team.
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