An elderly woman has been taken to hospital after being struck on Tecumseh Road East at Mercer late this morning.
It happened in front of Catholic Central High School.
One of the pickets who asked only to be referred to as "Colleen" was walking the line at the time witnessed the pickup hit the senior.
She says there was a lot of traffic at the time, it's a bad corner where the kids cross back and forth for lunch.
She says the driver of the pickup truck had no chance to stop: "this guy, from what I saw, there's no way he would have seen her because she's a little thing, kind of bent down just to be able to view"
She says the woman was unaware there was a vehicle coming.
Tecumseh Road is now open.
The man who was driving the truck did not want to be interviewed, but admits he is distraught after striking the woman.