Indiana State Police are reporting that a Greensburg woman has died after being struck by a car last night while she was running.
Troopers say that a passenger car, driven by 94-year-old Rosemary Schroeder of Greensburg struck the runner, 20-year-old Dorothy Whitmore at about 7:15 p.m. on Moscow Road near Veterans Way. Whitmore was struck after she entered the intersection in front of Schroeder’s vehicle.
Whitmore suffered head and internal injuries and was flown to IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she later died.
Trooper Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the Versailles state police post, says that Schroeder is cooperating with the investigation.
Agencies assisting at the scene included Greensburg Police Department, Decatur County Sheriff’s Department, Decatur County EMS, and Greensburg Fire Department.