Durham Regional Police say an 81-year-old woman is dead after she was run over by a vehicle in the parking lot of a grocery store in Oshawa.
Police said they were called to the No Frills at Simcoe and Beatrice streets shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“A Ford Edge was travelling through the parking lot and struck the elderly pedestrian as she was crossing over a traffic lane to parked motor vehicles,” police said in a news release. “Conditions at the time of the collision were sunny, clear and dry.”
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Officers initially said the woman was without vital signs and later confirmed that she died of her injuries.
The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and cooperated with officers, police said. There’s no word on whether or not charges will be laid.
Durham police traffic services officers are investigating what led to the collision.
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