Hamilton police are asking for help from the public after an 85 year old woman was found lying in the middle of Mohawk Road between Bishopsgate and East 27th around 7:15 a.m. March 18.

According to Division 3 inspector Bob Buck, the woman lives in a nearby apartment building and is believed to have been crossing from the south side of Mohawk to a bus stop on the north side of the road when she was struck, possibly side-swiped, by a vehicle.

Insp. Buck said the woman my have been struck by a vehicle side mirror and the driver continued on not knowing she had been hit.

"We have no information regarding the vehicle at this point," Insp. Buck said.

At press time the woman was in stable condition in hospital with head and body injuries.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Hamilton police accident reconstruction team at 905-546-4756 or Crime Stoppers at 905-522-8477.

Vandals play bumper cars at city yard

Vandals wreaked an estimated $100,000 in damage after playing bumper cars with two vehicles at a city works yard on the weekend.

Sergeant Terri Collings of the Hamilton police said the culprits broke into the compound, located by the old Upper Ottawa Street dump, and damaged the ignitions of seven vehicles.

They managed to start two and "decided to use them as bumper cars, smashing into other vehicles that were parked in the yard," she said.

"They drove through a fence and abandoned them in an adjacent city property."

Fourteen vehicle windows were also shattered during the rampage.

Sgt. Collings said Mountain division detectives are investigating with the help of the break, enter and robbery (BEAR) unit.

"These are city vehicles, so this is something we all pay for in the end," she said.