A 30-year-old Brandon, Man., woman is dead after an early-morning incident on the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday.
Brandon RCMP said they were called to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian around 4:15 a.m., about 2 km west of the city on Highway 1.
After an initial investigation, police said the vehicle, headed west, appears to have collided with a person who was lying down in the westbound lane.
The woman was pronounced dead on scene. The driver, a 44-year-old man from Brandon, was uninjured.
Police continue to investigate with the help of a forensic reconstructionist.