Emergency crews were called to Parkdale Avenue North and Roxborough Avenue around 5:15 p.m., according to Dave Thompson, a Hamilton Paramedic Service inspector.
The teenager was taken to hospital in a “critical, life-threatening condition, suffering from multiple systemic trauma,” he said.
Hamilton police say the teenager was walking with a group of friends along Parkdale when she was hit by a driver who then fled the area.
Investigators say they have since identified the 2005 Nissan Quest involved in the crash with the help of the public.
The driver, a 30-year-old Hamilton woman, is accused of not staying at the scene of the collision causing bodily harm, police said.
The collision is the latest in a recent series of accidents that have killed pedestrians or seriously injured them.
The Hamilton police chief spoke of the number of collisions, saying the service focuses on targeting speeding drivers, aggressive drivers, detached drivers and drivers who drink or use drugs behind the wheel.
“We are also targeting the top 10 Hamilton intersections in an effort to reduce conflicts and are working closely with the city of Hamilton to implement road safety reform,” he said in a video posted online.
Sandy Shaw, NDP MPP for Hamilton West – Ancaster – Dundas, also wrote a letter to Provincial Transport Minister Caroline Mulroney, calling for provincial action to prevent accidents.
“Municipalities like Hamilton need provincial support and funding to develop active transportation plans that meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and vulnerable road users,” he wrote in part.
The city is working to achieve a goal of zero fatal traffic or serious injuries by 2019, Ward 8 (West Central Mountain) consultant John-Paul Danko posted on Twitter. However, “the recent tragic deaths of pedestrians show that more needs to be done,” he added.
Danko shared screenshots of a move he plans to bring to the Hamilton Public Works Committee on Monday.
30-04-2022 17:47:22 CONFLICT: #HamOnt
– @ hps_traffic
It notes, despite this target, that the number of fatal road crashes in the city has not decreased, indicating eight pedestrian deaths since April.
The proposal calls on the city’s strategic road safety committee to look at annual collision statistics, “isolate specific risks” for vulnerable road users and the transport department to report to the committee on traffic enforcement improvements and pedestrian road safety improvements. and cyclists.
It comes as another clash at the weekend left three people seriously injured.
Police say a 21-year-old Hamilton was driving a Volkswagen west on Hunter Street toward the offset intersection on Queen Street South around 11pm on Friday when he failed to navigate the intersection and crashed into a fence and concrete blocks.
“This caused extensive damage to the vehicle and caused sections of the concrete blocks to fall on the railway tracks below,” police said in a press release.
The driver and two other 19-year-old men suffered serious injuries, including “back injuries and spinal fractures,” according to investigators.
Police said they could not rule out any factors that contributed. The conflict recovery unit is continuing its investigations.
