Posted on 03/07/2016, 3:06 pm, by mySteinbach

On March 7, 2016, just after 11am, Steinbach RCMP officers were called to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Steinbach, Manitoba. Police say that the pedestrian had been crossing Main Street at Southwood Drive.

Officers arrived on scene and located both the vehicle and the pedestrian on Main Street. The pedestrian, a 79-year-old woman from Steinbach was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 64 year-old male driver of the pickup truck was uninjured and remained at the scene.

A traffic analyst attended the scene and is assisting the ongoing investigation in order to establish the contributing factors of this collision. At this time, alcohol is not being considered as one of them.