Gordon S. Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author, died Sunday at age 92 after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island.

Wood won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 in the history category for "The Radicalization of the American Revolution," a landmark work that examined the American Revolution as both a break from British colonial rule and an internal social and political transformation.

The accident occurred as Wood was crossing the parking lot of a supermarket, according to reports. He later died from injuries sustained in the collision.

Wood was widely regarded as an eminent scholar of early American history, with his work exploring fundamental questions about American identity and the revolutionary period. His scholarship contributed significantly to understanding the complex nature of America's founding era.

Throughout his career, Wood established himself as a leading authority on the Revolutionary War period and early American political thought. His academic work helped shape how historians and the public understand the transformation of American society during the nation's founding decades.