Florida woman dies after being thrown from wheelchair, hit by semitruck

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman was killed Tuesday in Winter Springs after she was thrown from her motorized wheelchair and hit by a semitruck.

According to a release from the Winter Springs Police Department, just after 3:30 p.m. officers responded to a traffic accident involving a pedestrian that occurred at the corner of SR-434 and Belle Avenue.

At the scene, officers said they found a woman lying in the road dead from injuries that appeared consistent with being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer…

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