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Bradford pedestrian, 65, hit twice by hit-and-run vehicles

The woman was transferred to a Toronto trauma centre with serious, non-life-threatening injuries after being struck on Holland Street West by drivers that fled the scene
BradfordToday Staff
2021-01-22 MVC Pedestrian struck (1)
First responders attend to a woman who, witnesses say, was struck by two vehicles that fled the scene.Paul Novosad for BradfordToday

NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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The South Simcoe Police Service is seeking the public's help after a pedestrian was injured by two hit-and-run vehicles in Bradford.

On Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 at 7 p.m., police were called to the intersection of Holland Street West and West Park Avenue for a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. Once on scene, officers learned that a 65-year-old Bradford woman was struck while crossing westbound at West Park Avenue on Holland Street West. The suspect vehicle then fled the scene at a high rate of speed eastbound on Holland Street West.  While eastbound on Holland Street West, the suspect vehicle failed to stop at several red lights. The woman was then struck by a second vehicle that fled the scene southbound on West Park Avenue.

The victim was transported to a local hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries and has subsequently been transferred to a Toronto trauma centre.  

The investigation is ongoing.  

Police are appealing to witnesses or anyone with security camera and/or dash cam video to contact Det. Sgt. Kai Johnson at 905-775-3311, 705-436-2141, email [email protected] or contact Crime Stoppers.

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