Nova Scotia

Pedestrian, 63, dies after being struck in New Minas crosswalk

A 63-year-old Nova Scotia woman has died after being struck in a parking lot earlier this week. The woman was using a marked crosswalk in a lot on Commercial Street when she was hit on Tuesday, suffering life-threatening injuries. She died in hospital Saturday.

The woman was taken to hospital on Tuesday, and died Saturday

Police are investigating after a New Minas woman died after being hit in a parking lot crosswalk on Tuesday. (CBC)

A 63-year-old New Minas woman has died after being struck in a parking lot earlier this week.

The woman was using a marked crosswalk in a lot on Commercial Street in New Minas when she was hit, suffering life-threatening injuries, said RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Andrew Joyce.

The incident happened Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m. Police said she was airlifted to hospital in Halifax, where she died on Saturday.

 The 43-year-old driver of the car was not hurt.

Joyce said police are still investigating, and charges have not yet been laid.

The cause of the collision is also under investigation.

"We're all aware, I would hope ... to be aware in parking lots, people are getting out of cars, people are coming out of businesses, people are walking between cars," Joyce said.