A man from Kitchener has died following a crash involving a pedestrian on Highway 85 in the city.
The details coming from the Mississauga detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), which said it happened Sunday, Oct. 18, at around 6:50 a.m., when officers were told of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle in the northbound lanes of Highway 85 near Victoria Street North.
When emergency services arrived at the scene, they found a 57-year-old Kitchener man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The severity of the incident led to a lengthy closure of the express lanes of the busy local highway between Ottawa Street North and Wellington Street North, opening around five hours later, at 11:30 a.m.
At this time, no details have been provided about the vehicle or the driver involved in the crash or the circumstances that led to the collision itself.
The investigation is being handled by members of OPP Highway Safety Division’s Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team, alongside Technical Collision Investigators and Collision Reconstructionists.
That investigation remains on the go, with police asking that anyone with details on the fatal crash, who saw what happened, or has dashcam footage of it, reach out to OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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