A female pedestrian has died after being hit by a pickup truck in the Milton Park neighbourhood of Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough on Monday night.
Montreal police spokesperson Const. Raphaël Bergeron said the incident took place shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Parc Avenue at its intersection with Milton Street.
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At the time of the collision, the truck was reportedly facing a green light, but Bergeron said, “for reasons to still be explained, the 48-year-old woman was in the middle of the street.”
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The woman was taken to hospital in critical condition, but she was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there.
Bergeron said the driver of the truck, a man in his 40s, was treated for nervous shock at the scene.
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