A driver with the Edmonton Transit Service has been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian after the bus he was driving hit a woman in the city’s downtown core on Thursday.
Police said officers were called to Jasper Avenue and 109 Street at about 2 p.m. after someone reported that a pedestrian had been struck by a bus.
“It was reported to police that an ETS bus was travelling westbound on Jasper Avenue, when it began to make a left-hand turn onto 109 Street,” police said in a news release Thursday night. “As the bus continued turning left, it struck a 32-year-old woman who was walking across 109 Street in a marked crosswalk.
“It’s not known at this time whether the complainant was walking westbound or eastbound across 109 Street.”
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Police said the woman was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. They said she sustained minor injuries and was later released from hospital.