An elderly woman was hit and killed crossing the road Friday, when she attempted to escort her neighbour's 12-year-old granddaughter to a church event across the street.

The girl's grandmother was ill, so her neighbour offered to take the child to a confirmation, police said.

Hamilton police were called after 6 p.m. to the scene of the collision. The woman, 85, and the girl were crossing Highway 8 east of Green Road in Stoney Creek, when the woman was hit by a Dodge Caravan.

Const. Walter Niblock of the collision reconstruction unit said the two were not crossing in the intersection.

An autopsy for the woman was scheduled for Sunday, while Niblock said the girl was treated and released.

No charges are being laid for the 42-year-old driver of the minivan, and speed was not a factor, he added.

Friday's accident was the second pedestrian fatality in a week, and the fifth of 2016.