By Associated Press - Thursday, November 1, 2018

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a Mount Vernon woman has died from injuries she suffered when a motorist hit her while she was riding her bicycle.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports 46-year-old Kelly Couture died Tuesday afternoon.

Mount Vernon police Lt. Greg Booth says she was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a driver struck her at about 8:15 p.m. Saturday.



Booth says she was apparently riding west in an eastbound lane in Mount Vernon when she was hit.

Booth says the driver who struck Couture is cooperating with a police investigation.

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Information from: Skagit Valley Herald, http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com

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