Numerous pedestrians struck across the GTA
Posted November 9, 2018 10:08 pm.
Last Updated November 10, 2018 1:54 pm.
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It was a particularly treacherous night on the roads for pedestrians across the GTA.
In Mississauga, Peel Regional Police say they were called to the area of Meadowpine and Meadowvale boulevards around 5:30 p.m. Friday following reports a female was lying on the roadway.
The 65-year-old woman was transported to a hospital in Hamilton where investigators learned her injuries were consistent with a vehicle collision. Police are now treating the incident as a fail to remain and are looking for any information on the driver who fled the scene.
She is currently is serious, but stable condition.
A half hour later in Brampton, a woman suffered life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a car in the area of James Potter Road and Borrelli Drive. Police say the driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and called police.
She died from her injuries in hospital on Saturday.
In Scarborough, a woman suffered serious injuries after she was struck by a vehicle in a parking lot in the area of McCowan Road and Sandhurst Circle.
About a half an hour later and less than seven kilometres away, a man in his 20s suffered non-life threatening injuries after he was struck by a vehicle in the area of McLevin and Morningside avenues just before 7 p.m.
Over in Etobicoke, a man in his 20s was taken to hospital after being struck in the area of Bloor Street West and Markland Drive around 7:30 p.m.
Police across the GTA are asking motorists to slow down, particularly in wet and slippery conditions, and pay better attention to their surroundings.
