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Winnipeg pedestrian dead after hit by semi near Portage la Prairie

A 31-year-old man from Winnipeg is dead after being hit by a semi-trailer on the Trans Canada Highway Sunday. Global News / File

A 31-year-old pedestrian from Winnipeg is dead after being hit by a semi-trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway over the weekend.

On Sunday, just before 4 p.m., Portage RCMP responded to a collision between a semi-trailer and a pedestrian in the eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway, just east of Highway 13.

The pedestrian from Winnipeg died on scene. The 68-year-old semi driver, from Minnedosa, Man., was not injured.

Both eastbound lanes were closed for several hours.

RCMP continue to investigate the crash.

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