Police say a woman was taken to hospital after being hit by an STD bus in downtown Edmonton – Edmonton | The Canadian News

An Edmonton Transit Service driver was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian after the bus he was driving struck a woman downtown Thursday.

Police said officers were called to Jasper Avenue and 109 Street around 2 p.m. after someone reported that a pedestrian had been hit by a bus.

“Police were informed that an ETS bus was traveling west on Jasper Avenue when it began to turn left at 109 Street,” police said in a news release Thursday night. As the bus continued to turn left, it struck a 32-year-old woman crossing 109th Street at a marked crosswalk.

“It is not known at this time whether the plaintiff was walking west or east across 109th Street.”

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Police said the woman was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. They said she suffered minor injuries and was later released from the hospital.