Niagara police seek suspect, witness after woman hit by taxi last year

Niagara police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver and witness involved in a pedestrian collision in St. Catharines late last year.

Officers say a woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with minor injuries after she was struck by a taxi in the area of Facer St. and Concord Ave. around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 22.

Investigators say the driver of the taxi stopped to help the woman and then left the scene.

A man who witnessed the incident also stopped and walked the woman to her nearby home.

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Police have yet to identify the driver who struck the woman or the witness who helped her.

On Wednesday, investigators released photos of the men and their vehicles in hopes of identifying them.

Anyone who has information about this incident is asked to contact investigators at 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 1009711.