The Tazewell County coroner says 55-year-old Pekin resident Jennifer Shindledecker was riding a motorized scooter in the road, in the 1500 block of Willow Street when she was hit by a car Saturday night.
Pekin Police Fire Departments responded to the pedestrian-car accident just after 9:00 p.m. Shindledecker was pronounced dead at the scene about 30 minutes later.
An autopsy is scheduled for this week.
An investigation is ongoing.
