A taxi crashed through a business on Spring Garden Road in Halifax Friday night.
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The crash happened at the Lole athletics store around 7:30 p.m.
Employee Jen McGrath tells CTV News that the cab driver was heading south on Spring Garden Road when he tried to avoid a pedestrian.
Halifax Regional Police say 43-year-old driver struck the 37-year-old woman in a marked crosswalk.
McGrath says the driver swerved right and ended up in the front of the store. She says neither the driver, pedestrian nor employees were injured.
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Both the pedestrian and driver were transported to hospital. The taxi driver was given a ticket for failing to stop at a red light and for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk.
McGrath says the store will be closed on Saturday.
