A 74-year-old bus driver has been charged after a female pedestrian, also 74, was struck and killed in Sydney’s CBD.
The elderly woman was hit at the intersection of Elizabeth and Goulburn streets about 4.3opm on Wednesday.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated her at the scene before she was taken to St Vincent’s hospital, where she later died.
The site of the collision was declared a crime scene and examined by specialist officers from the crash investigation unit.
The bus driver was initially taken to Sydney hospital for mandatory testing. He was subsequently charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, negligent driving occasioning death and not giving way to a pedestrian when turning.
The 74-year-old driver, from Dulwich Hill, was granted bail to appear at Downing Centre local court in mid-January.
