Kingston police have closed a section of Days Road after a pedestrian was struck early Wednesday.
Police say an a 53-year-old man was walking across Days Road when he was struck near Bath Road.
The man was seriously injured and sent to Kingston General Hospital, police say. Sgt. Steve Koopman said Wednesday afternoon that the man does not have life-threatening injuries.
Police have closed Days Road at Bath Road, and have implemented a detour while reconstructionists investigate the scene.
This is the third pedestrian to be struck and seriously harmed in under two weeks in Kingston. Two people in their 70s were struck and eventually died in two separate collisions last week.
Koopman noted that the most recent incidents have been extremely concerning, but that in each case, pedestrians who were struck were not crossing at defined crosswalks.
“The pedestrians in each and every one of these cases, not that we’re directly assigning blame in this case, but have all occurred on a roadway that’s away from a controlled intersection where normally pedestrians would not be expected to cross legally,” he said.
No charges have been laid in any of the recent three incidents, Koopman said.
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