Woman walking to polling place in Affton struck by car and killed

Voters waited in line outside the Affton community center about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday while police tape shut down all lanes of traffic on Mackenzie Road. A pedestrian was struck by a car while crossing the road to vote. The victim was taken to a hospital; no information on injuries was immediately released. The driver, a woman who was visibly shaken while talking to officers, remained at the crash site and was cooperating with police, a sergeant said. (Kim Bell/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

AFFTON, Mo. — An 85-year-old woman crossing a street Tuesday morning to vote inside the Affton community center was struck by a car and killed, police said.

Sgt. Benjamin Granda of the St. Louis County Police Department said the woman was walking across Mackenzie Road, headed to the Affton White-Rodgers Community Center at 9801 Mackenzie Road, when she was hit just after 6 a.m.