A pedestrian is in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by an Eglinton Crosstown LRT train during a test run in Scarborough on Saturday, police say.

Officers responded to the area near Pharmacy Avenue and Eglinton Avenue E. around 1 p.m. after reports that a pedestrian had been struck by an LRT vehicle, Toronto police said in a post on X.

The train was on a test run for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT at the time, police confirmed in an email to CBC Toronto.

A woman was taken to a trauma centre with serious, possibly life-threatening injuries, paramedics said.

In an email to CBC Toronto, a spokesperson for Metrolinx said the provincial transit agency is working with the TTC and emergency services to investigate the incident. Further questions should be directed to Toronto polic

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