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OVER-THE-RHINE, Ohio - Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher says a woman has died after she was run over by a cruiser driven by a Cincinnati police officer in Over-the-Rhine on Tuesday.

Streicher says the officer was patrolling Washington Park when he made a turn off of a walking path and accidentally struck the woman.
Family members identify the victim as 48-year-old Joann Burton.
Witnesses tell 9 News Burton was lying on the ground in blankets when she was run over by the cruiser around 11:45 a.m.