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SANDY -- A woman who was hit by a car while jogging early Wednesday morning has died from her injuries. Investigators have now identified her as 62-year-old Renee Fleckenstein of Sandy.
Police say Fleckenstein was jogging southbound in the crosswalk at 1000 East and 11400 South at 6:40 a.m. when a northbound vehicle turned west and hit her.
Lt. Victor Quezada of the Sandy City Police Department said, "It threw her about 30 feet in the air; [she] landed on the pavement. [There was] a lot of head trauma to the victim."
Fleckenstein was flown to University of Utah Medical Center unconscious and in critical condition. She later died.
Police initially did not know who she was because she was not carrying identification, but were eventually able to identify her and contact her family.
The driver who hit Fleckenstein says she didn't see her in the dark. Right now, investigators don't believe speed, drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident.
Police say there appears to be no criminal wrongdoing, although they are still trying to figure out who was at fault.
Another jogger, Cindy Frogley, often goes running at Storm Mountain Park in Sandy in the morning, but she did something different after hearing about the accident.
"I've changed. I put my identification on my iPod, and I'm going to wear ID now," Frogley said. "It could easily have been me."
Quezada says it's a good idea for all joggers to have ID, but many joggers don't.
"It (jogging without ID) is kind of a common thing because you're just going around the block for a mild jog and you'll be back home shortly," Quezada said. "It is kind of a problem. I would suggest always carrying your ID on you somewhere on your body. Throw your driver license in your back pocket or something. Even your cell phone usually has some type of identification on it."
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Story compiled with information from Randall Jeppesen,Nicole Gonzales and Cleon Wall .
