Manitoba

53-year-old dead after vehicle-pedestrian collision in RM of Ste. Anne: RCMP

RCMP in Steinbach, Man. are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian collision that killed a 53-year-old man from the rural municipality of Ste. Anne Sunday night.

Vehicle was driven by 17-year-old boy who was not injured, police say

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The fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision occurred before 11 p.m. Sunday, RCMP said. (Shannon VanRaes/Reuters)

RCMP in Steinbach, Man. are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian collision that killed a 53-year-old man from the rural municipality of Ste. Anne Sunday night.

Mounties responded to a call about a crash on Road 40 East in the RM of Ste. Anne, near the Trans-Canada Highway, just before 11 p.m. Sunday.

A vehicle was travelling south when it hit a man walking on the west side of the gravel road, police said.

The driver, a 17-year-old boy from the RM of Ste. Anne, was the only one in the vehicle and had no reported injuries, RCMP said.

But the pedestrian, a 53-year-old man also from the RM of Ste. Anne, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Steinbach RCMP, along with a traffic analyst, continue to investigate.

The RM of Ste. Anne is located nearly 60 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.

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