Pedestrian, 74, dies after crash at highway off-ramp in Pictou County, N.S. – Halifax | Globalnews.ca
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A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle at a highway off-ramp over the weekend in the Pictou County community of Granton, N.S.
In a release, the RCMP said police, fire services and EHS responded to a report of a collision on Granton Abercrombie Road Saturday evening around 7:30.
It said a Hyundai Elantra was merging onto Granton Abercrombie Road from the Highway 106 off-ramp when it struck a pedestrian on the roadway.
The pedestrian, a 74-year-old man from Granton, was fatally injured and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The driver of the Elantra, a 30-year-old Abercrombie woman, was not injured, nor was an infant who was a passenger.
The RCMP collision analysis reconstruction service was engaged and Granton Abercrombie Road at the Highway 106 off-ramp was closed for several hours.
The investigation is ongoing, police say.
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