A 29-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car while tending to an injured animal.

According to the DRPS, officers were called to the scene of a collision at the intersection of Simcoe Street North and Darcy Street in Oshawa shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 2).

“The female who had stopped her vehicle to assist an injured animal and while retrieving an item from her vehicle’s trunk, was struck by a Honda Civic,” reads a media release.

The woman was transported by ambulance to a Toronto-area trauma centre with serious but non-life threatening injuries.