A 42-year-old RM of Armstrong man has recently died after being struck by a vehicle being driven by a Lorette youth on PR 207.

On July 2, 2019, at approximately 11pm, Steinbach RCMP responded to a motor vehicle-pedestrian collision on PR 207, near Dufresne, Manitoba.

Police investigation determined that a 17-year-old male youth from Lorette was driving south on PR 207, when he collided with a pedestrian who was walking on the roadway. The pedestrian, a 42-year-old male from the RM of Armstrong, was pronounced deceased on scene.

RCMP report that alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors in this incident. Steinbach RCMP, along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.