An 88-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was hit by a pickup truck in Scarborough Saturday morning, police say.

Officers received a call shortly after 9 a.m. regarding an injured person lying on the ground near Finch Ave. E. and Tiffield Rd., Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson said.

Police weren’t initially sure how seriously the woman was injured, but she died in hospital later that day, Hopkinson confirmed.

The driver of the pickup truck stayed at the scene and is co-operating, said Toronto police Sgt. Munroe with Traffic Services.

“Apparently, they both (the pedestrian and driver) had green lights when the collision occurred,” Munroe said.

Traffic Services is investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision. Roads were closed for several hours Saturday while investigators reconstructed the incident.

Including the woman killed Saturday, 12 pedestrians have been killed on Toronto streets so far in 2019:

On Jan. 7, a 60-year-old man was hit while operating a mobility scooter on Close Ave., south of Queen St. W. He died in hospital the next day.

On Jan. 8, a 69-year-old woman was hit while walking across O’Connor Dr., north of St. Clair Ave. E. She died in hospital on Jan. 16.

On Jan. 15, Hang Vo, 58, was hit and killed by a garbage truck in a laneway steps north of St. Andrew subway station. A building manager who works in the area told the Star Vo, who was homeless, regularly slept in the area.

On Jan. 16, a 40-year-old man was hit and killed by a dump truck while crossing Lawrence Ave. W. at a marked North York intersection.

On Jan. 16, a 75-year-old was hit by the driver of an Infiniti while crossing the intersection of Dufferin St. and Eglinton Ave. W. He died in hospital a week later.

On Jan. 17, a man in his 60s was killed in a hit-and-run collision near the intersection of Bathurst St. and Bloor St. W. Police said reports indicate the man was hit by a garbage truck.

On Feb. 2, a male pedestrian was struck and killed by a transport truck in the eastbound express lanes of Hwy. 401 at the Yonge St. exit.

On Feb. 16, a man in his 80s was hit by a driver while crossing Warden Ave., south of Bamburgh Circle. He died in hospital almost three weeks later.

On March 12, a male pedestrian was hit and killed in a restaurant drive-through near Steeles Ave. W. and Bathurst St.

On March 29, a female pedestrian, 62, was struck and killed at the intersection of Bloor and Sherbourne Sts.

On April 5, a female pedestrian 31, was struck and killed while attempting to cross Hwy. 401 on foot.

According to statistics compiled by the Star using police and media reports, five cyclists and 42 pedestrians were killed on Toronto streets in 2018. That total is higher than any single year in a police database that goes back to 2007.

The Star began keeping its own count of traffic deaths in 2017 to fill gaps in police numbers, which don’t include fatalities that occur on private property or provincially owned 400 series highways.

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It’s unclear if that number was an all-time record, as the Star does not have independent data on pedestrian and cyclist deaths before that year.

Thirteen motorists and 10 motorcyclists were also killed on Toronto streets in 2018, according to Star data.

Mayor John Tory late last year said he remains committed to Vision Zero, the city’s plan to eliminate traffic deaths. He had received criticism for earlier saying the plan is “not working” in a year-end interview with the CBC.

With files from Ben Spurr