Longtime UW-Madison library employee Maureen E. Grant, 58, of New Glarus, was identified Thursday as the pedestrian killed when struck by a Metro Transit bus on campus Wednesday morning. Grant was on her way to work at Memorial Library, walking across busy University Avenue in a crosswalk at around 9 a.m. A makeshift memorial of flowers now marks the corner where police say the bus hit her as the driver tried to make a left turn from North Lake Street onto University Avenue. The bus was driven by Debra Foster, a two-year employee of Metro Transit, according to information released by the city of Madison on Thursday afternoon. Metro Transit said it will not release more information about Foster due to its ongoing investigation.
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