Female Pedestrian Struck in Fail to Remain Collision in St. Catharines
On August 20, 2026, at approximately 5:23 p.m. uniformed officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck on King Street between Academy Street and Court Street in St. Catharines.
Officers arrived on scene to find a 20-year-old St. Catharines female suffering from serious injuries as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle. The female was transported to hospital for treatment.
The vehicle failed to stop at the scene.
Detectives with the Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) have taken carriage of the investigation. They have processed the scene, and the road has since been re-opened.
Detectives have identified a suspect vehicle. The vehicle is described as an early 2000’s white Ford Econoline van. That vehicle was travelling east on King Street and struck the pedestrian on the south side of the road between Academy Street and Court Street.
Detectives have also located a suspect in security video. That suspect is described as follows.
- White male
- Average build
- Black Pants
- Black T-shirt with white writing on the front
- Black ball hat
- Sunglasses
- Tan coloured boots
Detectives are asking the public’s assistance for anyone with security or dashcam video footage of the area at the time to contact them. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service’s Collision Reconstruction Unit at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009769.
Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously are encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information that leads to an arrest.
NRPS Incident 26-105231
