Woman, 68, killed after being hit by bus in Adelaide’s CBD

Grenfell St traders say the busy CBD street can be unsafe at times, after a WA woman was hit by a bus and killed on Monday night.

A pedestrian has been struck by a bus and killed in the CBD. Picture: Supplied

A pedestrian has been struck by a bus and killed in the CBD on Monday night.

Police and emergency services were called to Grenfell St after reports a bus had struck a 68-year-old woman outside Adelaide Arcade on Monday, just after 7.30pm.

The woman, from Western Australia, died at the scene.

Major Crash investigators arrived at the scene about 9pm.

The bus driver involved is receiving counselling, supported by operator Torrens Transit, which is also assisting police with the investigation.

Daniel Cocca, who owns Uncle Kev’s coffee shop – across the road from Adelaide Arcade – said Grenfell St could be unsafe at times with “the amount of pedestrians”.

“It’s so busy and there are only two crossings,” Mr Cocca, 26, said. “There have been a few accidents out the front.”

Mr Cocca said the incident was a “horrible thing to happen”.

“That’s going to scar a lot of people,” he said.

The City of Adelaide has been undertaking road works on the street at night since April and they are set to continue through to June.

“To minimise disruption to daytime traffic flow, the works are occurring at night under changed traffic management conditions,” a City of Adelaide spokesman said.

“Contractors are closing one side of the street at a time, so vehicles can still travel along one side, while resurfacing continues on the other side.”

Witness Teejay Size, 18, and his brother Matthew Size, 42, were on the bus when they said it struck the woman aged in her “50s or 60s”.

“It looked like she was crossing the road but didn’t see the bus,” Matthew said.

Grenfell St was closed to all traffic from King William St to Pulteney St for several hours, with buses diverted around the crash.

The street has since reopened.

The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) has issued a statement following the incident.

“We are saddened by the fatal collision yesterday evening involving a bus and pedestrian on Grenfell Street in the City,” a DIT spokesperson said.

The “small number of passengers” on board the bus during the fatal collision are receiving support, with staff attending to their welfare.

Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.

A section of Grenfell St was closed to all traffic after a pedestrian was struck by a bus on Monday night.

The woman’s life is the 48th lost on South Australian roads this year, compared with 26 at the same time last year.

It comes just days after a pedestrian, who was struck by a car in Plympton on April 14, died from his injuries in hospital. The 67-year-old South Plympton man, suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and died on Sunday.

And just weeks before that, Craigmore father-of-six Ompelio Yugu was killed crossing Main North Rd.

The 51-year-old father was reportedly out to get baby formula for his son on March 30 when he was hit by a car.