A 21-year-old man was airlifted to a trauma center in Hamilton after a collision at Ira Needles Boulevard and Erb Street in Waterloo.
Police said the driver of a white pickup truck was traveling west on Erb Street West and hit a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 33-year-old man from Kitchener, was not injured.
Earlier in the day, the Ornge Air Ambulance told CTV News it airlifted a teenager struck by a vehicle to Hamilton General Hospital with critical injuries after the crash.
Waterloo Regional Police have since said the pedestrian, a 21-year-old man, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The intersection was closed for several hours while police investigated, but has since reopened.
Those who live nearby and use this walking trail tour say they are not surprised by this incident.
“I feel like the cars are going by very fast and a lot of them don’t stop, as I’ve seen,” said Eliska Bilek, a resident who lives nearby. “Because when I’m waiting in the crosswalk, at least five cars go by before someone stops.”
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