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The woman, who was in her 60s and not identified, was
pronounced dead at the scene of the Ride the Ducks vehicle crash
in the city's Chinatown neighborhood around 5:25 p.m. local
time, police said.
"The thoughts and prayers of the entire Ride The Ducks
organization are with the family and friends of the pedestrian
involved in an accident that occurred this afternoon," the
company said in a statement.
Police said no criminal charges had been or were likely to be
filed against the driver.
Witness Thomas Massaro told the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper
that he heard a scream before he saw the woman get dragged under
the vehicle.
"It just went right over her," he said.
The newspaper reported that two tourists were killed in 2010
when a tugboat pushed a barge into a Ride the Ducks vehicle.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Kim
Coghill)
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