By Staff
July 7, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Halton Regional Police responded to a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on North Service Road between Walkers Line and Guelph Line in the City of Burlington.
At 2:10 pm, this afternoon, a 78 year-old St. Catharines woman was a passenger in an eastbound vehicle on North Service Road. The car drove past a police officer parked in a driveway on the north side of the service road conducting traffic enforcement.
The occupants of the car were lost, so the driver pulled over on the south shoulder of the roadway east of the officer. The woman got out of the vehicle to walk back to the officer for directions. While attempting to cross the roadway, the woman walked into the path of a westbound SUV and she struck by the vehicle.
The woman was rushed to a Trauma Centre where she is currently in critical condition.
A section of North Service Road was closed for approximately 3 hours for the collision scene investigation. The driver of the SUV, a 51-year-old Hamilton man, was not injured in the collision.
Alcohol and speed are not believed to be factors in the collision.
Anyone witnesses are asked to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at (905) 825-4747 ext. 5065 or call Crime Stoppers at 1 800 222-8477 (TIPS) or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.com.
