Posted:
At 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, HRP officers attended a vehicle/pedestrian motor vehicle accident that occurred in the crosswalk in the vicinity of 301 Lacewood Dr. in Halifax. According to witnesses, the victim, a 31-year-old woman, had been jogging and was attempting to cross Lacewood Drive from the north to the south side in a marked crosswalk. It appears that traffic on the curbside westbound lane yielded to the victim but a 21-year-old male driver travelling westbound on the inside lane failed to stop and subsequently struck the victim in the crosswalk. The victim was taken to the QEII Hospital for treatment; it appears that she may have suffered a concussion. The driver has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk - Section 125 (1).