NEWHALL : Nun, 84, Dies After She Is Hit by Truck - Los Angeles Times
Advertisement

NEWHALL : Nun, 84, Dies After She Is Hit by Truck

Share via

An 84-year-old nun was fatally struck by a pickup truck Tuesday as she crossed a Newhall intersection, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Sister Laurita Hahn of the St. Francis Convent in Milwaukee was struck by a truck as she crossed north on Lyons Avenue at Wayman Street at 8:25 a.m., said Lt. Tim Peters.

The driver of the truck, Gildardo Solorio, 31, of Newhall, failed to see Hahn because his view of the crosswalk was partially blocked by a utility truck, which had pulled out of a driveway on Lyons Avenue, Peters said. Authorities had not decided whether to cite Solorio.

Advertisement
Advertisement