Halifax Transit bus hits woman in marked crosswalk, police say

A Halifax Transit bus is pictured in this file photo. (CTV Atlantic)

A Halifax Transit bus allegedly struck a woman as she was in a marked crosswalk in the downtown area on Thursday morning, according to police.

Officers responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision at the Spring Garden Road-Barrington Street intersection around 7:15 a.m. They learned a bus turning left onto Barrington Street hit a 42-year-old woman in a crosswalk.

“The pedestrian was transported to the hospital by EHS for treatment of what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries,” a news release from police reads.

The bus driver received a summary offence ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

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