Part of Highway 104 reopened after pedestrian killed in collision

A fatal collision has closed part of Highway 104 near Truro, N.S., this morning.

Nova Scotia RCMP say at around 4 a.m. a pickup truck struck a pedestrian between exits 13 and 14.

Police say the truck driver was not able to avoid the pedestrian, a 40-year-old man from Moncton, N.B., who died at the scene.

The truck driver was not injured.

Eastbound traffic on Highway 104 wasclosed between exits 13 and 14 for several hours while police wereon scene. It reopened around noon.

The investigation into the cause of the collision is ongoing.