A woman believed to be in her 40s died Tuesday afternoon after she was struck by a U-Haul truck in East Baltimore, fire officials said. About 1:30 p.m., paramedics responded to East 24th Street and Greenmount Avenue, where they found an unconscious woman lying in the street suffering from injuries to the chest, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a department spokesman. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, with her condition deteriorating significantly on the way, Cartwright said. Police confirmed that the woman was pronounced dead, but details were not immediately available.

- Justin Fenton