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Pedestrian hit and killed on Manitoba highway Tuesday morning

A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Headingley.

Police say man was walking on the Trans-Canada Highway when he was struck by a pickup truck

an RCMP vehicle on dirt road
RCMP say a pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning when he was hit by a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Headingley. (Jeorge Sadi)

A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Headingley. 

Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Headingley RCMP received a report of a fatal collision involving a pickup truck and a pedestrian.

A pickup truck was travelling west on Highway 1, near McGuckin Road in Headingley, when it hit a pedestrian who was walking on the highway, police said.

The pedestrian, a 67-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The driver of the truck, a 52-year-old woman from Winnipeg, was not injured. 

Headingley RCMP, along with a forensic collision reconstructionist, continue to investigate the crash.

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Dave Baxter is an award-winning reporter and editor currently working for CBC Manitoba. Born and raised in Winnipeg he has also previously reported for the Winnipeg Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press, as well as several rural Manitoba publications.