Police say a woman was hit and killed by an MTA bus in Bed-Stuy Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities say a woman had just gotten off the B44 Select bus on Bedford Avenue and went to pick up her phone from underneath the bus. News 12 is told the driver didn't see her and that she was run over and killed.

Ambulances rushed to the accident, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities are saying that the person who died is a 50-year-old woman, but she has not yet been identified.

People in the area are saying the incident is just a sad accident and a reminder that material items are not worth risking your life for.

The NYPD is currently investigating how the accident happened.