Serious pedestrian-involved collision in Abbotsford

ON Friday at 11:11 a.m., Abbotsford Police patrol officers responded to the intersection of Townline Road and Upper Maclure Road for a reported collision involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.

Emergency service workers located a single vehicle that had struck a pedestrian who was crossing at the intersection. The 20-year-old pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital via air ambulance. The driver was uninjured, remained on the scene, and is cooperating with police.

Abbotsford Police patrol officers, with the assistance of the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), remain on the scene and are in the early stages of this investigation.

The intersection of Townline Road and Upper Maclure Road will be closed in both directions for most of the afternoon, police said.

Investigators seek witnesses and dashcam footage from those who may have been travelling along Townline Road at the time of the collision. If you can assist, you are requested to call the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225.