Nine-year-old struck in crosswalk in Maple Ridge

RCMP near a black pickup by the crosswalk on 240th Street in Maple Ridge. (Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)

Child taken to hospital; injuries not known.

A nine-year-old girl was struck in a crosswalk along 240th Street in Maple Ridge on Friday and taken to hospital.

The crosswalk is at 118th Avenue, a block or so from Alexander Robinson elementary.

Emergency crews responded to a call about a pedestrian struck just after 3 p.m. Friday.

Two police cars book-ended a dark blue pickup truck parked near the crosswalk.

Ridge Meadows RCMP said she was taken to hospital by ambulance and that her injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.