Woman Hit by Truck Was Jaywalking
An 82-year-old Thousand Oaks woman who was hit by a truck and killed Wednesday evening was jaywalking, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
Assunta Defabiis was returning from a trip to the grocery store at 6:05 p.m. when she stepped in front of a truck driven by Robert Feller, 68, of Thousand Oaks. Feller, who was driving east in the 200 block of Wilbur Road, didn’t see her, Deputy John Popp said.
Defabiis was taken to an area hospital and died two hours later, deputies said.
Although she was dressed in dark colors and was not using a crosswalk, “she may have assumed he would stop, but he never saw her,” Popp said. “Witnesses at the scene said they never saw her either.”
Defabiis, who lived in the nearby Wilbur Oaks apartments, was in good health and walked several miles each day, family members told authorities.
Authorities said they do not plan to cite Feller, who was obeying traffic signals and was not speeding.
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