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The number of pedestrians killed on the streets of Montreal in 2019 hasquietly climbed to a 10-year high of 20.

The woman struck at the corner of Somerled Ave. and Mariette St. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in October has succumbed to her injuries, despite the heroic efforts of bystanders to lift the car she was trapped under. Montreal Police spokesperson Caroline Chevrefils confirmed the latest death on Monday.

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And we’re not out of the woods yet. Two lives hang in the balance with a month to go in this bloody year.

A 72-year-old woman is in critical condition after being hit by an SUV in Ahuntsic-Cartierville on Saturday. And a 93-year-old man remains in hospital after an accident on Parc Ave. and Prince Arthur St. on Wednesday night.

You have to look back to 2009 for the last time 20 pedestrians died in Montreal. Sifting through police data, the number of pedestrian fatalities dipped gradually after that to a low of 11 in 2015. But it has been edging up ever since with 15 in 2016, 15 in 2017, 18 in 2018 and now at least 20 in 2019.