Authorities were investigating after an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle on Tuesday afternoon outside a Joliet Walmart, police said.

At approximately 2:18 p.m., officers with the Joliet Police Department responded to Walmart, 2424 W. Jefferson St., for a woman who had been struck by a car. According to police, the incident began when a 37-year-old man driving a Chevrolet Cruze backed out of a parking spot and collided with the passenger side of a Ford Escape. The second vehicle was stopped in a lane waiting for another vehicle to back out.

After the initial crash, the passenger of the Escape, a 74-year-old woman, and the SUV's driver exited the vehicle to check the damage and speak with the driver of the car, authorities said. The driver of the Chevrolet then started moving in rever

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