A North Vancouver woman has been ticketed for running down a senior in an intersection.
North Vancouver RCMP, firefighters and paramedics all responded to Fell Avenue at Third Street around 5 p.m. Monday, when the driver of a vehicle turning left onto Fell ran into the victim.
“This woman was definitely in the marked crosswalk and the driver strikes her on her right side,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.
The victim, a 70-year-old Delta resident, suffered scrapes and bruises and was taken to Lions Gate Hospital.
“She’s fortunate she didn’t have more serious injuries,” De Jong said.
The driver, a 50-year-old, North Vancouverite, was ticketed under the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act for failing to yield to a pedestrian.
The driver should have been more aware, De Jong said.
“It’s one thing to have someone, perhaps, jaywalking or in an unmarked crosswalk, but expect to see a pedestrian in a marked pedestrian crosswalk,” he said.
