Amherst pedestrian critically injured
Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 | 11:46 AM AT
CBC News
A pedestrian in Amherst was airlifted to a hospital in Halifax on Monday after she was struck by a vehicle.
The woman was walking near the intersection of Pleasant and Albion streets when she was hit at about 8:30 a.m., said a spokesman for Nova Scotia's ambulance service.
Paul Maynard, with Emergency Health Services, said the woman was initially rushed to the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre with critical head injuries.
No other details were available.
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