A 40-year-old man from Moncton died after he was struck by a pickup truck in the Truro, N.S., area early Thursday morning.
Nova Scotia RCMP say the crash between exits 13 and 14 in Crowes Mills happened at around 4 a.m.
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Police say the truck was not able to avoid the pedestrian, who died at the scene.
The truck driver wasn’t injured.
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Eastbound traffic on the highway remains closed as the cause of the crash is being investigated.
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Police say the highway will be reopened this afternoon.
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