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Woman fatally struck by garbage truck in Wrigleyville

August 15, 2007
A woman was fatally struck by a garbage truck Wednesday morning in an alley in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, police said.

The woman was struck by the dump truck about 7:45 a.m. in an alley near the 3800 block of North Fremont Street, according to police News Affairs Officer Marcel Bright.

Police could not yet comment on if the garbage truck was city or privately owned, Bright said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner?s office has been notified of the fatality but had no additional information on the victim, as of 9 a.m.

The woman may have been homeless and sleeping in the alley when she was struck or may have been a pedestrian, the medical examiner?s office said.

Police remain on the scene investigating.