83-year-old woman critically injured in west-end collision

Ottawa police are seeking witnesses to a vehicle-pedestrian collision that left a woman in her 80s with life-threatening injuries on Sunday evening.

Police say they responded to the report of a collision at 5:20 p.m. involving a pedestrian on Hazeldean Road near Tiloge Street, and said an 83-year-old woman was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The woman had been struck by a pickup truck, paramedics spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps told the Ottawa Citizen on Monday.

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“Police are asking anyone with information regarding the collision, or who may have cameras on their properties, dashcam that may have captured the incident, to come forward,” police wrote in a news release.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPS Fatal Collision Investigation Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 2345. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.

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