MADISON (WKOW) -- Officials in Dane County have identified a 45-year-old woman who died after a car hit her while she was getting into a parked vehicle on Thursday.

The Office of the Dane County Medical Examiner said Tricia M. Ploessl, of Ridgeway, died on Friday after being taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The crash happened on the 300 block of Knutson Drive around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.

Witnesses said a car accelerated quickly in a parking lot, striking Ploessl and then hitting another car in the area, according to the Madison Police Department.

The 64-year-old driver was unconscious when she was pulled out of her vehicle. She was also taken to the hospital for her injuries, police said.

Multiple people witnessed the crash and provided statements to police.

Police said

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