An 88-year-old woman has died after she was struck in the parking lot of a shopping center in New London on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said the woman was walking across the parking lot of the New London Shopping Center off South Frontage Road after leaving one of the businesses when she was struck around 12:18 p.m.
She was taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital where she later died, police said. The victim has been identified as 88-year-old Geneva DeLabry, of Groton.
Police said a 25-year-old woman was driving the vehicle that hit DeLabry and she remained at the scene.
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An investigation is underway and New London police ask anyone who has information to call the New London Police Department Detective Bureau at 860-447-1481 or submit a tip to the New London Tips 411 system.
