Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021

File: 21-10546

Victoria, BC – VicPD Traffic officers are investigating after a woman was struck by a vehicle this morning and suffered potentially life-threatening injuries.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m. this morning, Patrol officers were called the intersection of Blanshard and View streets for a report that a woman was struck by a vehicle. Officers attended and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics transported the victim to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

This file remains under investigation. Northbound traffic on Blanshard Street, at View Street, is currently closed.

If you have information about this incident, or have video from the scene, please call our non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654, extension 1. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.