Gleichen RCMP investigate fatal collision

By Janet Kanters, Editor

A 30-year-old man is dead after being struck by a semi on Jan. 5 near Gleichen.

On that day, Gleichen RCMP were dispatched to a vehicle and pedestrian collision which occurred on Highway 901 about four kilometres south of Highway 1 on the Siksika Nation.

Preliminary investigation revealed the man was walking on the roadway when he was struck by the eastbound semi. He suffered severe injuries and was pronounced deceased by EMS. The driver of the semi was not injured.  

The RCMP collision analyst was called in to assist with the investigation and investigators are liaising with the provincial medical examiner in which no criminal charges have been laid and the file is still under investigation. The name of the deceased was not released.