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Man dies from injuries after being struck by dump truck in west Edmonton

FILE: An Edmonton police service vehicle. Global News

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally posted on Jan. 16 and updated Jan. 24 with news of the man’s death.

A pedestrian, who was taken to hospital on Jan. 16 with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by a loaded dump truck in west Edmonton, died on Jan. 24.

Shortly before 9 a.m., police were called to the area of Stony Plain Road and 215 Street (Winterburn Road).

Witnesses told police that a loaded semi-trailer dump truck was headed west on Stony Plain Road when it struck the man, who had stepped out in front of the vehicle near the 215 Street overpass.

The 32-year-old pedestrian was treated by EMS and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, the Edmonton Police Service said in a media release.

Police said the driver of the dump truck — a 55-year-old man — remained at the scene. He was not injured.

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The EPS Major Collision Investigations Section took over the investigation.

On Jan. 24, police said investigators determined the death was not criminal and no charges would be laid.

 

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