Woman, 71, hit and killed by cement truck in Oak Park, Illinois

A woman was struck by a cement truck in the west Chicago suburb of Oak Park on Wednesday morning, and went on to die.

The Village of Oak Park said just before 9 a.m., the 71-year-old woman was hit by a cement truck while crossing the street at North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, near the Union Pacific West Metra and Chicago Transit Authority Green Line tracks.

The scene is also near the Oak Park Fire Department's Station 1, the village said.

The woman, identified by the village as Ann Marie LoPrieno, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where she was pronounced dead.

Village officials said the concrete truck was part of a streetscape project on Oak Park Avenue. The drive stayed at the scene and was cooperating with investigators.

The investigation continued Wednesday afternoon. Euclid Avenue was closed to traffic between Lake Street and South Boulevard for approximately five hours after the crash, but has since reopened.