A driver with an expired license was ticketed after hitting an 81-year-old pedestrian in the crosswalk at Publix at La Plaza Grande in The Villages.
The Village of Hacienda woman who was struck shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday was transported by ambulance to The Villages Regional Hospital.
She was struck by a 2015 Kia Sportage driven by 44-year-old Jose Marcos Salinas of Leesburg. He told police he did not see the pedestrian crossing in front of him. A witness told police that Salinas had been talking on a cell phone, according to an accident report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
Salinas was issued a criminal citation for his license being expired more than six months and was also given a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk.
