Pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle last Tuesday has succumbed to her injuries.

On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., emergency services responded for a collision involving a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV motor vehicle and a pedestrian on Mount Albion Road, just north of Hixon Road in Hamilton.

The Hyundai was travelling northbound on Mount Albion when the driver lost control, causing the vehicle to mount the sidewalk and hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian was transported to hospital with critical injuries. The driver fled the scene but surrendered to police on Thursday, September 16, 2021.

Unfortunately, the pedestrian has succumbed to her injuries and passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021. The identity of the deceased will not be released.

Witnesses who have not yet spoken to police are asked to call the Hamilton Police Collision Reconstruction Unit at 905-546-4755 or 905-546-4753 . 

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com 

This is now the City’s 12^th fatality of the year and the 5^th involving a pedestrian.