Pedestrian dead after being struck by car in Pekin

UPDATED 3:18 P.M.

PEKIN, Ill. – A Pekin woman is dead following an accident there Sunday evening.

Pekin Police say the accident happened in the 2000 block of Broadway Road just before 9:00 p.m.

Police say the driver of a vehicle entered a local business and asked for help after striking a pedestrian while travelling eastbound.

A woman identified by the Peoria County Coroner as Lia-Maria Taylor, 72, was struck by the vehicle and died, according to an autopsy, of multiple and severe head and neck blunt force trauma injuries.

Neither the driver nor the pedestrian were otherwise identified, and it’s not clear if the driver faces any charges.