Pedestrian dead after being struck by truck south of Montreal

A pedestrian has died in a collision with a truck in a municipality south of Montreal.

Emergency services were called at around 9 p.m. in Saint-Urbain-Premier, about 35 kilometres from downtown Montreal in Quebec's Montérégie region.

Quebec provincial police say the pedestrian, a man in his 30s, was in the traffic lanes when he was struck by a truck travelling southbound Saturday night.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Police say the road was closed while an officer trained in collision probes examined the scene, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The truck driver was not injured.