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Pedestrian killed by pickup in Huntington Beach is identified as 74-year-old woman from Buena Park

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A woman who was killed when a pickup hit her in Huntington Beach on Saturday was identified as a 74-year-old Buena Park resident, authorities said Tuesday.

Orange County coroner’s officials identified her as Hiroko Hibino Spradlin.

Huntington Beach police responded to Seapoint Street and Summit Drive just before 1 p.m. after receiving a report of a crash involving a GMC Sierra and a pedestrian, police said.

Police said the truck was making a northbound turn onto Seapoint Street from Summit Drive when Spradlin was struck. She was walking or jogging on Seapoint at the time, authorities said.

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Spradlin was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the pickup, a 57-year-old Huntington Beach resident, remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities, police said.

No arrests were made.

hannah.fry@latimes.com

Twitter: @HannahFryTCN

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