The 71-year-old woman who was struck by a car in a Hamilton Mountain parking lot area earlier in the week has died from her injuries.

The family has requested her identity not be released. She died shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, said Hamilton police.

The collision happened around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, when the woman was walking with a 59-year-old woman in a parking lot at Upper Gage Avenue and Fennell Avenue. Both were both struck by a black car police say was driven by a 57-year-old Hamilton man.

The 71-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with life-threatening head injuries, and the 59-year old woman sustained minor injuries.

The driver remained at the scene after the collision and cooperated with the police during the investigation.

Her death is the eighth traffic fatality in Hamilton this year and the third involving a pedestrian.

The Hamilton Police Service's Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate.

Police previously said alcohol and speed have been ruled out as factors in the collision.

Witnesses are asked to contact Det. Const. Mathew Hewko at 905-546-4755 or Det. Const. Benjamin Paterson at 905-546-4753.