SURREY 鈥� For the second time this week, a pedestrian has been hit at .

This morning at 6:35 a.m., police were called to the intersection after a woman was struck.

Police say the driver kept going.

鈥淎 woman was walking in the crosswalk, northbound, crossing 96th (Avenue) and a car came through westbound and struck her,鈥� asid Surrey RCMP Corporal Scotty Schumann. 鈥�(The vehicle) likely has hood and windshield damage.鈥�

The woman was taken to hospital but police say it appears she only has minor injuries.

Schumann said the vehicle, which police say was dark, didn鈥檛 stop and 鈥渢ook off.鈥�

鈥淭here was no evidence collected at the scene because the vehicle left,鈥� Schumann said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to be relying heavily here on intersection cameras to get us a better description of the vehicle.鈥�

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Schumann noted it鈥檚 a crime to leave the scene of a crash.

鈥淣ow it鈥檚 a big deal if you get found, it鈥檚 a crime, there will be a criminal code charge against you鈥�. When you fail to remain at the scene, what if you鈥檝e injured the pedestrian and they鈥檙e going to die?鈥�

On Tuesday morning, a person was hit in the same intersection and taken to hospital during the rainy, windy morning commute.

According to ICBC statistics, the busy intersection saw an average of 543 crashes a year from 2011 to 2015.

Schumann said this intersection, along with 88th Avenue and King George are two of the 鈥渉ighest crash locations鈥� in the whole city.

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