A 68-year-old woman was killed while crossing a busy London road Wednesday, the city’s first pedestrian death of the year.

The woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was walking across Wharncliffe Road, just north of Commissioners Road, at 6:45 a.m. when she was struck by vehicle, police said.

The woman was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the vehicle that struck her stopped at the scene, police said.

“All involved vehicles remained at the scene,” said Const. Sandasha Bough, who wouldn’t confirm media reports that the pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck and then a car.

The woman was crossing the street where there’s no signal or crosswalk. It was also raining and dark at the time of the fatal collision. But police wouldn’t say whether visibility played a role.

“Right now, it’s still an active investigation,” Bough said.

Police closed down a stretch of Whancliffe Road between Baseline and Commissioners roads for nearly four hours while investigators collected evidence, snarling morning rush-hour traffic in the area.

Between January and September, 160 pedestrians were struck by vehicles in London, but this is the first fatal collision involving a pedestrian.

Last year, 160 pedestrians were struck, resulting in three deaths.

— With files from Jonathan Sher, The London Free Press

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