Halifax pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle; driver ticketed

A Halifax Regional Police car is pictured in an undated file image. (Paul DeWitt/CTV Atlantic)

A driver has been ticketed after a man was struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk in Halifax Tuesday night.

Halifax Regional Police responded to the collision in the area of LeMarchant and South streets around 8:10 p.m.

Police say the pedestrian was crossing South Street in a marked crosswalk when he was struck by the vehicle.

The 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

The 35-year-old female driver was ticketed for failing to yield to a pedestrian while in a crosswalk.

Police say the collision remains under investigation.

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