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Pedestrian killed walking on highway in Fisher River, Man.: RCMP

A 30-year-old man from Fisher River is dead after getting hit by a vehicle while he was walking on the highway Friday night.

Mounties don't think alcohol and speed were factors in the crash

Police said the driver called them right away. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash. (CBC)

A 30-year-old man from Fisher River is dead after getting hit by a vehicle while walking on the highway Friday night.

Manitoba RCMPsaid they were called around 9:45 p.m. Fridayafter amember of the community was driving northbound on Provincial Road 224 andhit the man.Police said the pedestrian was walking in the northbound lane.

Mounties said the driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and called police immediately. They don't believealcohol and speed were factors in the crash.

Friday night was a deadly evening on Manitoba roads. A 69-year-old driverfrom the RM of Armstrong died after getting hit bya suspected drunk driver that evening on Highway 17, about six kilometres west of Teulon.

Officers arrested a27-year-old for impaired driving causing death in that crash. He's still in hospital with his own serious but non-life threatening injuries.

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