An elderly woman was struck and killed by an automobile in the late afternoon Monday in Beach Haven.

Police Chief Jim Markoski said that at 5:10 p.m., a 78-year-old  female of Springbrook Township, Pa., was struck while crossing Bay Avenue at the intersection of Ninth Street. The driver of the vehicle, an 82-year-old male from Venice, Fla., was traveling north on Bay Avenue and had a green traffic signal.