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Selkirk teen in hospital after being hit by car: Manitoba RCMP

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A Manitoba teen was seriously hurt after being hit by a car Wednesday night, RCMP say, and had to be airlifted to hospital in critical condition.

The incident took place on Manitoba Avenue in Selkirk around 9:30 p.m. Two people were walking in the middle of the road when one of them, a 17-year-old boy, was hit by an eastbound vehicle, police said, and ended up in the south ditch.

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The driver, a 27-year-old RM of St. Andrews man, wasn’t hurt in the incident, nor was the second pedestrian.

Selkirk RCMP continue to investigate with the help of a forensic collision reconstructionist.

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