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Woman in life-threatening condition after struck by truck in North York

A Toronto Police Service cruiser. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Toronto police say a woman is in life-threatening condition after she was struck by a truck in North York.

Officers said they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and Benton Road around 4 p.m., after receiving reports that a pedestrian had been struck.

Upon arrival, they found a woman with serious injuries after she was hit by a black pickup truck.

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Paramedics said they transported a woman in her 50s to a local trauma centre.

Police later tweeted her condition had been upgraded to life-threatening.

The driver remained on the scene.

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