Halifax police are urging motorists to slow down after a car hit a 73-year-old woman in a marked crosswalk.

The woman was crossing Almon Street yesterday afternoon when she was hit by a vehicle turning onto the street.

She was taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

A 62-year-old woman was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

Police are reminding pedestrians to make eye contact with motorists before crossing the road.