Pedestrian hit by vehicle in Madisonville passes away

A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle in Madisonville Wednesday morning.

It happened around 10:45 a.m. at North Main Street near Ayr Parkway, according to the Madisonville Police Department, when a pedestrian—37-year-old Kristy Padilla of Madisonville—reportedly walked into path of a vehicle driven by 35-year-old Johnny Plunkett II of Madisonville.

Plunkett was unable to avoid striking Padilla. Citizens and officers performed life-saving measures at the scene until EMS arrived and Padilla was transported to Baptist Health.

She was later flown to a hospital in Evansville, but she would succumb to her injuries and was pronounced deceased.