Northwest Indiana

Employee critically hurt after being hit by snowplow in Aldi parking lot: Police

Police said they were called to the scene of a "crash involving a pedestrian," and when they arrived a short time later, they discovered a woman had been hit by a plow truck

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A woman was critically injured after being hit by a snow plow truck in an Aldi grocery store parking lot Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened around 8:15 a.m. at an Aldi located at 10 W. Lincoln Highway in Merrillville, Indiana.

Police said they were called to the scene of a "crash involving a pedestrian," and when they arrived a short time later, they discovered a woman had been hit by a plow truck.

Fire officials and first responders began to treat the woman, who suffered critical injuries, at the scene. She was later transported to a local hospital for treatment, police said.

The company confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the victim in the case is an employee of the store, and that they were "deeply saddened" by the incident.

"Our thoughts are with this individual and their family during this difficult time," a company spokesperson said. "There is nothing more important to us than the safety and well-being of our team members."

The company said the store would be temporarily closed for an investigation into the incident.

Conditions were slated to be cold and snowy in the region Tuesday.

A "narrow band with briefly heavy snowfall rates" traveled southeast from the Chicago area and into northwest Indiana through morning, threatening to bring "a brief burst of snowfall with visibilities as low as 1/2 mile."

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