A 70-year-old woman died after being hit by a truck in Kalkara yesterday.

Josephine Bartolo, from Kalkara, was crossing Rinella Street at 10am when she was run over by a vehicle emerging from Our Saviour Street, sources said.

It was being driven by a 37-year-old man from Cospicua.

Sources said that as the man drove round the corner he ran over the woman, killing her on the spot.

An investigation is under way.

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