Woman hit by pickup truck downtown dies
A woman in her 20s who was critically injured when she was hit by a pickup truck Monday afternoon near a crosswalk at Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue W. has died.
Victim in her 20s critically injured at Laurier and Elgin
A woman in her 20s who was critically injured when she was hit by a pickup truck Monday afternoon near a crosswalk at Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue W. has died, according to Ottawa police.
Ottawa paramedics said they were called to the downtown intersection around 5:45 p.m. and found a pedestrian who had sustained "multi-system trauma."
She was transported to a hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead, police said in a news release Tuesday. The truck driver was not physically injured.
Police said the investigation continues.
The collision happened at a major downtown intersection next to the Ottawa Courthouse and Confederation Park.
With files from Jodie Applewaithe