A woman and a child were taken to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after they were hit by a car at a busy Vancouver intersection.

Vancouver police said a woman who was pushing a child in a stroller was struck by a car at West 16th Avenue and Willow Street.

Police said the woman appeared to be seriously injured and that the child went to the hospital as a precaution.

Mat Vanstone lives nearby. He says the intersection at West 16th Avenue and Willow Street is one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the city.

“We’ve asked for about four or five years now to get a crossing light put in,” he said. “The city always comes back with ‘We can only do 10 maximum a year.’ I mean, we just built a $200,000 dog park a few blocks up, we’re talking about pedestrian safety, so it’s interesting t

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