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Mother, daughter OK after being hit by car on Third and Proctor

A mother and daughter are OK after being hit by a car while walking across Third Avenue in WIlliams Lake.

The Williams Lake RCMP and BC Ambulance Service responded to a motor vehicle collision on Wednesday at Third Avenue North and Proctor Street.

On scene officers learned that a mother and young child were crossing Third Avenue and were hit by a car making a left turn from a stop sign.

The 29-year-old mother was hit by the vehicle in the marked crosswalk, the child was unharmed.

The mother was taken to hospital where she was treated for minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle remained on scene. This matter is still under investigation.

Police would like to remind drivers that in a marked crosswalk, pedestrians have the right-of-way and drivers must yield.

 



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