PORT ANGELES — An 86-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car near Park View Villas in Port Angeles on Wednesday, police said.
Dolores Calsen, a resident of the retirement community, was taken to Olympic Medical Center with minor injuries, Officer Brian Stamon said.
Calsen was walking eastbound on the south side of the intersection of Ninth and G streets when she was struck by a car driven by Eric Maeder, 35, of Port Angeles, police said.
The woman was about 5 feet into the intersection when she was hit by the southbound vehicle shortly after 3 p.m.
“The driver did not see her until he entered the intersection,” Stamon said.
“He didn’t have enough distance to stop and struck the woman.”
Maeder told police he did not see the woman because she was in a shadow, Stamon said.
Maeder received a traffic infraction for failure to yield to a pedestrian, Stamon said.
Calsen’s listed condition at the Port Angeles hospital was not immediately available Wednesday.
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