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Police investigating 2 pedestrian-vehicle collisions in Halifax

Emergency crews respond to the scene of a pedestrian-vehicle collision in Halifax on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Global News

Two people were taken to hospital after they were struck by vehicles in Halifax on Thursday.

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Halifax Regional Police say the first collision happened in the 2000 block of North Park Street at around 7:15 a.m.

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Police say a woman was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries as a result. The driver was ticketed for failing to stop for a pedestrian.

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The second collision occurred at the corner of Brunswick and Cogswell streets about an hour later.

Police say a vehicle travelling south on Brunswick went through a red light and struck another vehicle traveling west on Cogswell.

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The vehicle travelling on Cogswell was then pushed into a pedestrian waiting on the corner, according to police.

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Neither driver was injured, but the pedestrian was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

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