Woman Struck by Car, Killed in Norwich

A woman is dead after being struck by a car in Norwich on Thursday afternoon.

Police have identified the victim as 80 year-old Sylvia Welling. She died outside her home on 6 Meadow Lane.

Deputy Fire Chief Keith Milton said the fire department responded to the scene , at 2:51 p.m. after receiving a report that a pedestrian was struck.

According to authorities, Welling forgot to put the car in park and it ran over her.

No one else was injured.

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