Third pedestrian hit-and-run in one week in Waterloo Region, driver flees
A woman was struck by a vehicle in Kitchener Thursday morning and taken to hospital; it's the third pedestrian hit-and-run in the region in a week.
Three hit-and-run pedestrian collisions in Waterloo Region within a week
A woman was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Strasburg Road and Block Line Road in Kitchener at approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, cbc.ca reports. The driver fled the scene. The woman was transported to a hospital outside the region for treatment.
Police closed the intersection while they investigated the collision.
This is the third pedestrian hit-and-run in Waterloo Region within the past week.
A few days earlier, on Friday around 8:55 p.m., a 30-year-old man was struck roughly one kilometre away at the intersection of Block Line Road and Laurentian Drive. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver in that case has not been located.
On Saturday, a third incident occurred in Cambridge. A pedestrian was running north on Townline Road at Wellington County Road 34 when they were hit around 10:10 a.m. That person also sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Police are searching for the driver of a white Toyota Tundra — described as a man between 30 and 40 years old with black hair and a black goatee.
Two of the three collisions occurred in Kitchener approximately one kilometre apart. Police say they do not believe the incidents are connected.
Waterloo Regional Police have received 1,741 hit-and-run reports so far this year, roughly 20 per cent fewer than during the same period the previous year. Those reports range from collisions resulting in physical injuries to minor property damage in locations such as parking lots.
Under the Highway Traffic Act, drivers are required to report any crash where damage exceeds $5,000, where highway property is damaged, or where there is injury or death.
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