A woman is dead after a pickup truck-pedestrian accident on Algonquin Ave. early this morning.north of Norwood Avenue.
The accident occurred shortly before 6:30 am this morning. The investigation revealed that a southbound pick-up truck struck a pedestrian who was crossing at 1119 Algonquin Avenue between Norwood Avenue and Greenwood Avenue
The adult female was taken to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
See: NBPS: Algonquin Avenue closed this morning
North Bay Police is continuing this investigating in conjunction with a Technical Collision Investigation Unit member from the Ontario Provincial Police.
The investigation is a joint effort between City and OPP. A drone has been used to take photos.
A witness says eight police cruisers were on-scene earlier this morning.
Algonquin Ave. has not been kind to pedestrians in the last few years. Back in 2016, an elderly couple was struck
See: Algonquin traffic deaths no fault of driver police say
In May of that year, at approximately 2:14 p.m., an SUV travelling on Algonquin Avenue between Greenwood and Elmwood Avenues, struck two pedestrians who were crossing Algonquin. The pedestrians—an 80-year old man and a 74-year old woman, both from Temiscaming, Quebec—were both in serious life-threatening conditions at the time of collision.
They both later died of their injuries in hospital.
The death today has revived a petition to have a crosswalk installed there. It was first started four years ago by Cheryl Foy and had 2,000 signatures.
