Ottawa police are investigating after a 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car in Gloucester.

Ottawa police say this vehicle struck a woman in a motorized wheelchair as she tried to cross Montreal Road near Elwood Street. The woman died at the scene. (CBC) Police say the woman was using a motorized wheelchair to cross the street at Montreal Road and Elwood Street at 11:45 p.m. Sunday when she was hit.

Paramedics said bystanders rushed to help the woman, who lived at the Laurier Manor long-term care home nearby, until emergency crews arrived on the scene.

Paramedics weren't able to regain a pulse and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said alcohol was not a factor but they continue to investigate.