A 68-year-old man is dead after police say he was hit by a vehicle while walking on a highway in St. Andrews, Man. early Tuesday.
Emergency crews were called to the scene on Highway 9 at Donald Road around 8:20 a.m.
RCMP say the man had been walking north in the lane of traffic when he was hit by a northbound vehicle.
The victim was rushed to hospital where he later died.
The driver, a 47-year-old man from the RM of St. Andrews, was not injured.
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Police say drugs or alcohol were not factors in the crash.
Selkirk RCMP continue to investigate with help from the RCMP’s criminal collision investigation team and a forensic collision reconstructionist.
Police haven’t said whether or not charges are expected to be laid in connection with the crash.
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