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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - A woman in a wheelchair was hit and killed by a semi-tractor-trailer while attempting to cross a Winter Springs road on Tuesday afternoon, police say.

What we know:

Officers with the Winter Springs Police Department (WSPD) said they responded to a traffic accident around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the corner of State Road 434 and Belle Avenue.

When officers arrived on scene, they said they found a woman lying in the roadway.

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Police said the woman was dead from what appeared to be injuries suffered after being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer.

Early details from investigators show the woman was traveling east in a motorized wheelchair on the sidewalk along S. R. 434, approaching Belle Avenue. At the same time, officia

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