A 72-year-old woman was struck by a jeep and pinned beneath it at Jarvis St. and Wellesley St. E. Tuesday evening.

“Everyone seemed really concerned, people got out of their cars and at least 10 pedestrians ran to the vehicle and tried to lift it off the woman,” said Keerthana Kamal, who was walking home from school when she witnessed the commotion at the intersection at about 5:15 p.m.

Pedestrians successfully removed the woman from underneath the vehicle before EMS even arrived on scene, she said.

“The driver came out to help lift the jeep off the woman but he tried to drive away after that,” said Kamal. “Pedestrians got really angry and they were banging on the windows of the car saying ‘Hang on a moment! What are you doing? You can’t leave yet!’”

Kamal also said there was a mangled bike on the roadside at the intersection, however, it is still unclear if it belonged to the victim.

The victim was rushed to the nearest hospital.

“Her current condition is non-life-threatening but we’re waiting for the CT scan just to be 100 per cent sure,” said Sgt. Brett Moore from Traffic Services.

Police are investigating.