A woman has died following a traffic collision in the parking lot of a convenience store in Laguna Beach Tuesday morning.
Laguna Beach police, in a news release late Tuesday afternoon, said an adult female pedestrian sustained critical injuries during the incident, which occurred outside a 7-Eleven at 31702 Coast Highway, on the northwest corner of the intersection with 3rd Avenue in South Laguna.
The woman, whose identity was being withheld until next of kin could be notified, was taken by emergency personnel to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, police said. It was there that she later succumbed to her injuries, police said.
Officers responded to a call reporting the traffic collision at approximately 10:22 a.m. Authorities said the incident involved two service providers for the business — CR&R Trash Services and Belshire Environmental Services.
The Laguna Beach Police Department is investigating the incident. Anyone who witnessed it or may have information is asked to contact Cpl. James Michaud of the department’s traffic bureau at (949) 497-0701.