A Shelbyville woman was seriously injured in a semi - pedestrian accident on Wednesday.

Shelbyville Police report the incident happened just before 11:00 am on Colescott Street at the intersection of South Harrison.  The driver, Thomas Phillips, 56, of Alexandria, Ohio, was driving a 2018 Freightliner.  Phillips was travelling northbound on South Harrison and turned left onto Colescott. Phillips told police he didn't see anyone in the intersection as he began the turn but then saw something in his driver's side mirror as he pulled through it.  He then saw people getting out of their cars and running towards the intersection.

The Shelbyville Police report when the semi was three quarters of the way through the turn the back wheels struck Carolyn Hazelbaker, 79, of Shelbyville.  Hazelbaker sustained lacerations to the her lower body and head trauma. 

Hazelbaker was lifelined to IU Methodist Hospital.