A truck driver has been charged after a pedestrian on a mobility scooter was struck in downtown Halifax on Friday afternoon.
Police said they responded at 2 p.m. to the intersection of Hollis Street and Terminal Road, after a freightliner truck travelling southbound on Hollis struck an 83-year-old woman who was using a mobility scooter in the crosswalk.
Police said the driver of the truck had “proceeded through the stop sign.”
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The woman was taken to hospital with what were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The 53-year-old man driving the truck was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and failing to stop at a stop sign.
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