A 50-year-old Birmingham woman pushing a shopping cart along Pleasant Grove Road Wednesday night was struck by a car and died this morning at UAB Hospital, according to authorities.

Deputy Corner Paul Price said Margaret Craig was hit in the 200 block of Pleasant Grove Road at 7:35 p.m. and died at 3:20 this morning.


Pleasant Grove police Sgt. Jon Grigsby said Craig was wearing dark clothes and walking in the northbound lane when a driver hit her.

"(The driver) slammed on the brakes, but was unable to stop," Grigsby said.

A witness, who was driving in the southbound lane, said he barely saw Craig as he drove past, according to Grigsby. The witness also said there was no way the driver who hit Craig could have seen Craig in time to stop, Grigsby said.