Woman dies being struck in downtown Toronto

A woman has died in hospital after she was struck by a vehicle downtown on Thursday, Toronto police say.

The collision happened near Queen Street East and Sackville Street. Police were called to the area at about 5:50 p.m.

According to police, the woman was crossing from the north side of Queen Street East to the south side, when the vehicle approached the crosswalk and knocked the woman down.

Toronto paramedics said they took the woman with critical injuries to a trauma centre, where she was pronounced dead. There's no word on her age.

Police said the driver remained on the scene and is co-operating with police.

Officers from police's collision reconstruction team are on the scene.

Queen Street East is closed eastbound from Parliament Street and westbound from Sackville Street, but police said they hope to reopen the road soon.

Anyone who witnessed anything or who has dashboard camera video is being urged to come forward.