AUGUST 7, 2015
SALEM, Ore. – Police say a 62-year-old woman walking her dog was struck and killed by a driver in Salem Thursday night.
Officials said she and her husband were out walking their dog around 9 p.m. when they were hit at the intersection of Pine Street and Maple Avenue.
Police say the couple was walking across Pine in a poorly lit section of the road when a westbound Lincoln Town Car hit them and their dog.
The driver, 70-year-old Delbert Gossen, stopped at the scene and is cooperating with police.
The victim, later identified as 62-year-old Caroline Storm, died on the way to the hospital.
Her husband was struck, but is expected to survive his injuries. The dog was taken to an animal hospital; no word on its condition.