Kings District RCMP are investigating after vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in New Minas. On Tuesday May 4 at approximately 4 p.m., police responded to a collision in a parking lot on Commercial St. in New Minas.

Kings District RCMP are investigating after vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in New Minas.

On Tuesday May 4 at approximately 4 p.m., police responded to a collision in a parking lot on Commercial St. in New Minas. Police and emergency responders attended the scene and found a 63-year-old New Minas woman had been struck by a car while in a crosswalk, sustaining life-threatening injuries. She was taken by LifeFlight to hospital in Halifax where she died yesterday. The 43-year-old driver of the car was uninjured.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.

Our thoughts are with the victim’s family at this difficult time.

Source: Release #notw