Trash truck backing up hits 69-year-old Shawnee woman
A trash truck backing up on a dead-end street in Shawnee struck a 69-year-old woman Tuesday morning, according to police.
The woman was being treated in a hospital, police said. She was walking in the 6500 block of Halsey Street shortly before 10 a.m. when she was hit.
The driver of the truck, a 37-year-old Tonganoxie man, and the truck company were cooperating with the investigation, police said.