A woman has been taken to hospital with what Halifax Police are describing as serious injuries after an incident in a Burnside parking lot.

The parking lot of 50 Akerley Boulevard. (CBC)

Around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, police were called out to 50 Akerley Boulevard after reports of an impaired driver. While officers were on scene, they learned the vehicle they were sent to investigate had hit a pedestrian in the parking lot.

Several people in the parking lot tried to stop the man driving and the vehicle.

Officers arrested a 20-year-old man from Dartmouth at the scene and he is in custody facing charges of impaired driving causing bodily harm. He will be in court Monday.

The 31-year-old Cole Harbour woman was taken to the QE II Health Sciences Centre with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

A number of businesses are located at that address including Angie's of Burnside pub.