Fatal collision on Trans-Canada Highway

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A 38-year-old man died on Sunday morning after he was struck by a semi on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Steinbach RCMP were called to the scene of the fatal collision, about three kilometres east of Highway 12, around 6:10 a.m.

Police said a 42-year-old female driver was driving westbound in a pickup truck pulling a trailer, when she stopped to assist the man, whose own vehicle was stuck in the north ditch of the highway. Police indicated in a release on Sunday afternoon that most of the pickup truck and trailer was blocking the driving lane as the man approached the woman’s truck to speak with her at her passenger side window.

Early investigation has found an westbound semi with dual trailers tried to take evasive action and avoid hitting the pickup truck by steering to the shoulder of the road. The semi-truck struck the rear of the pickup truck and the male who was standing beside the pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The female driver, a RM of Ste Anne resident, was not hurt. The semi driver, a 70-year-old Quebec man and his 38-year-old male passenger were also uninjured.

A RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist and the RCMP criminal crash investigative team are assisting with the ongoing investigation.

UPDATE: Corrects eastbound traffic references to westbound.