BETHANY, Del. - Police have identified the 89-year-old woman who was hit by a car and killed while walking in a Walgreen's parking lot on Friday as Celeste Speer of Bethany Beach.
Police say it was Friday around 10:15 a.m. when a Hyundai Tucson was traveling southeast in the parking lot of Walgreens on Coastal Highway in Bethany. Speer was walking in the same parking lot. The Tucson began making a sharp left turn to pull into a parking space. As the Tucson entered the parking space, it hit Speer, who was walking in that same parking space.
The driver of the Tucson, an 82-year-old woman from Bowie, Maryland, was not injured during the crash. However, Speer later passed away at a hospital.Â
The parking lot of Walgreens was closed for about four hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.
