Eugene, OR : 78-year-old woman struck and killed by a St. Vincent de Paul tractor-trailer truck near Civic Stadium on Monday, February 9, 2015

A 78-year-old woman was struck and killed by a semi-truck while walking home from the YMCA Monday in Eugene.

Police say Ruth Madsen Ross was hit by a St. Vincent de Paul truck pulling out of a donation site.

Her husband, Ken Ross, told The Register-Guard the two had walked to the Y together and she offered to walk home for their car so he wouldn't have to walk in heavy rain.

The 79-year-old Ken Ross is a retired University of Oregon mathematics professor. Ruth Ross was a retired secretary. They had been married 29 years.

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Woman, 78, killed by charity semi-truck walking home from YMCA in Eugene