Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 | 4:47 p.m.
A 55-year-old woman who died after being struck by a car Wednesday night in the northeast valley has been identified as Las Vegas resident Patricia Cole, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.
Cole died of blunt-force injuries after she tried to cross Las Vegas Boulevard North near East Cheyenne Avenue about 9:40 p.m. in the path of a 1998 Geo Metro, according to a Metro Police news release.
The car was headed north on Las Vegas Boulevard facing a green light when Cole began crossing outside a marked crosswalk, police said.
The 45-year-old Las Vegas woman driving the Chevy was not injured, and Cole was taken to University Medical Center, where she died, police said.
The is the second traffic-related death investigated by Metro this year. The first involved a 56-year-old Las Vegas woman killed Sunday night.
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