Alexandra police praised the public for helping control an accident scene on Centennial Ave on Saturday.
Senior Constable Brett Pay said a 56-year-old woman from Cromwell was on the pedestrian crossing outside Postie Plus at 12.15pm when she was struck by a Nissan Sunny sedan driven by a 51-year-old male visiting Alexandra from Australia.
He said the public was "terrific" in controlling the scene until the ambulance got there.
He said the woman was taken to Dunstan Hospital then Dunedin Hospital. It was understood she had serious but not life-threatening injuries.
He said her head struck the windscreen of the car and she received serious facial injuries, as well as suspected fractures.
Police are appealing to anyone who saw the accident to come forward.
• A 22-year-old Wanaka man was taken to the police station for detoxification after being picked up in the town centre about 2.45am on Saturday.
• Two Wanaka men aged between 18 and 20 were given a warning and taken home by police at 1.30am on Sunday morning after fighting with some unknown people outside the Doughbin Bakery.
• A female was treated for cuts to her arm after a glass bottle was thrown from a car at the vehicle she was in on Kane Rd in Hawea Flat at 7.45pm on Saturday. Police inquiries are continuing into the incident.
• Police received a report yesterday of four tyres on a boat trailer being slashed for the second time in the past two months at an address on Rob Roy Lane in Wanaka. The trailer's tyres had been replaced only last Wednesday.
