85-Year-Old Dies After Hit by Vehicle Outside of Bend Grocery Store

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An 85-year-old woman died Thursday after being struck by a vehicle in a Safeway parking lot in Bend.

Melinda Ann Lyons was hit at approximately 1:10 p.m. at the store located at 320 SW Century Drive.

Lyons was attempting to cross the parking lot to enter the store when she was struck by a silver Ford Eco Sport. Bend Fire medics transported Lyons to St. Charles hospital, where she later died from life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the vehicle, 77-year-old Evelyn Ranae Olsen, was traveling at approximately 15 mph through the parking lot when the collision occurred. Olsen remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities.

The Bend Police crash reconstruction team responded to the Safeway parking lot following the report.

Following the investigation, Olsen was cited for careless driving that causes an accident with serious injury or death to a vulnerable user.