A West Vancouver senior is in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Lower Lonsdale.
The 80-year-old man was crossing Lonsdale Avenue at Fifth Street just before 8 p.m. Friday when a southbound driver in a Honda Civic collided with him, according to Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RC MP spokesman.
B.C. Ambulance Service crews rushed the man to Lions Gate Hospital where he remains in treatment for internal injuries, head lacerations and broken ribs.
The driver, a 50-yearold North Vancouver woman, is co-operating with investigators but it's too soon to say if there will be charges, De Jong said.
Conditions were dark with heavy rain at the time, he added.
"As far as the investigation goes, they'll do an analysis of the scene - skid marks, lighting, witnesses, that sort of thing - to determine the cause. At the end of the day, it may just be driver error, not seeing the pedestrian and lighting and rain and lack of reflectors on the pedestrian."
