A crash Wednesday night that sent two pedestrians to Barrie hospital left them shaken and in pain, the husband of one of the victims said.

Raki Islam said BarrieToday that his wife, Dipa, and her friend had just left their Bentley Crescent home for a walk, looking to enjoy an unusually warm October evening, when they were struck crossing the lights at the intersection from Mapleton Avenue and Veterans Drive.

“They walked maybe five minutes down the main road and from there they maybe wanted to go straight to the Tim Hortons Food Basics. When they saw the red signal for all cars, the sign asking pedestrians to leave was (flashing)… and suddenly, from the opposite side… comes a big truck, blue in color,” he said. “Then he took a left turn and hit them.”

The two women fell to the sidewalk as if they had been “pushed very hard” by the impact, he added.

“Instantly, her friend…goes completely insane. My wife wasn’t insane, so she was just very shocked. Instead of focusing on herself, she was focusing on her friend…was she okay? Is she dead? Is she in a coma? But (my wife) was the same as her (friend) hurt, but she made sense.

Raki, who was at their home just minutes away, said he received a frantic call from his wife after the accident, saying BarrieToday at first he couldn’t understand what had happened.

“I just heard crying, a crowd and a lot of people with ambulances and police. I realized something had happened outside,” he said. “I just ran away from my house and saw a lot of cars at this intersection.”

Both women were lying in the street, Raki said, adding that his wife was “in tears” and her friend was still “insane.” She was initially treated by paramedics at the scene and then transported by ambulance to the Royal Victoria Regional Health Center (RVH).

After his wife’s friend was taken to the hospital, a paramedic tried to help his wife to her feet, but ultimately ended up calling a second ambulance to also come and take her to the emergency room for be treated there.

Neither his wife nor her friend suffered any broken bones or internal injuries as a result of the collision and have since been released, he said. However, they are both still in a lot of pain from the bruises they received.

Raki said they are both expected to spend several months in rehabilitation due to the soft tissue injuries they suffered.

“My wife is in a lot of pain with broken tissue and everything,” he said. “We don’t know how much. This can be both a shock and a pain. We are very sad. The whole night she didn’t sleep, even though she was given very high medication. She cries in pain.

Raki said he was grateful to the people who were nearby and who provided their statements to police.

Barrie police say they received a call around 6:15 p.m. on October 30 about two pedestrians being struck at the intersection.

“The vehicle remained at the scene. Frontline officers were present, as well as traffic officers,” Barrie police spokesperson Jennett Mays said.

Veterans Drive was closed between Caplan Avenue and Harvie Drive while the incident was investigated.

Police have not released any further information about the crash, including whether any charges have been filed.

The investigation is still ongoing.