Charlottetown police lay charges after woman hit by vehicle

Charges have been laid after a woman was struck by a vehicle in Charlottetown.

Charlottetown police say an 18-year-old woman was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday as she was crossing the road at a busy intersection.

Police say the incident happened at 11:15 a.m. as the truck was turning from Belvedere Avenue onto North River Road.

The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said, and she was transported by Island EMS to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The man driving the truck was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian.

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