DAMAGE: The scene of last night's crash on Sturt Street.
TWO people were taken to hospital after separate accidents yesterday.
At 7.30 last night, a van and a car containing two 18-year-old women collided in Sturt Street, at the corner of Russell Street. Both women avoided serious injury, but the driver of the van, a 59-year-old man, was taken to Ballarat Base Hospital.
CFA crews worked for about 20 minutes to free the driver of the van, who was taken to hospital.
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In an earlier incident, a pedestrian was struck by a car in Soldiers Hill about 3.30pm.
Ballarat Police Acting Sergeant Scott O’Loughlin said the woman, aged 18, was trying to cross Doveton Street North when she was hit by a car travelling north.
She was taken to Ballarat Base Hospital and was transferred to The Alfred hospital in Melbourne in a stable condition.