1 dead, 3 injured in Friday morning crash on Portage Avenue

One person has died and three people were injured following a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at a Portage Avenue intersection Friday morning.

One person has died and three people were injured following a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at a Portage Avenue intersection Friday morning.

Emergency crews responded to the crash at Portage Avenue and Bedson Street at 7:36 a.m.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Three people were taken to hospital - two in unstable condition and one person in stable condition.

In an update sent Friday afternoon, police said all three were now in stable condition.

A witness named Lillian lives in the building across the street from where the collision happened. She said she heard the crash and screams Friday morning so she went outside to check out what happened.

She said she saw a man laying on the road and watched emergency workers cover him up.

“This corner is bad,” she said.