A 23-year-old woman died 48 hours after being struck by a driver in Montreal.

The collision happened Saturday evening when the woman crossed St. Denis St. near Duluth Ave.

According to police the woman was jaywalking across the street between two intersections in a spot where there was no crosswalk.

She suffered serious head injuries in the collision and died Monday evening in hospital.

Police questioned the 51-year-old male driver at the scene and determined he had not been speeding, nor was he intoxicated.

This is the seventh death of a pedestrian this year on the island of Montreal.