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Brandon Woman Struck, Killed Lying on Trans-Canada Highway

July 29, 2020 3:34 PM | News


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(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Brandon RCMP are investigating after a woman was struck by a taxicab as she laid on the Trans-Canada Highway west of the Wheat City on Wednesday.

Police say the collision happened at around 4:15 a.m. approximately two kilometres west of Brandon.

Emergency personnel attended and found the 30-year-old Brandon woman was lying in the middle of the westbound lane of traffic. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The 44-year-old Brandon man driving the taxi wasn’t injured.