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One pedestrian killed, two injured in three accidents
A 49-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle while reportedly lying down on the Harry Lazarenko Bridge, while two other people are in hospital in critical condition after they were hit while crossing Winnipeg streets in just over six hours.
Winnipeg Police Service officers were called to the bridge, which connects Redwood Avenue with Main Street, about an injured woman at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Police found the woman with serious injuries, but she died before paramedics were able to arrive to try to revive her.
Traffic investigators, in a preliminary probe, found the woman was lying on the road when she was hit by a driver headed west. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and spoke with officers, police said.
Investigators have identified the victim and informed her family of her death.
Police are also still investigating another serious collision between a vehicle and pedestrian on Pembina Highway at Adamar Road, which also occurred overnight.
Officers were called to the intersection at about 4 a.m., where they found a man with serious injuries.
Paramedics took the man to hospital in critical condition. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and spoke with police.
Police have determined the man was walking eastbound across Pembina near the intersection when he was hit by a driver headed east.
Earlier Friday, at about 9:45 p.m., police were called to Smithfield Avenue and Main Street, where a 57-year-old man was in critical condition on the road. He was rushed to hospital.
Investigators believe the man was crossing Main Street against a red light when a vehicle, travelling south, hit him. The driver stayed at the scene.
Police have asked anyone with further information, including video or dash camera footage from the areas near the collision scenes, to call the traffic division at 204-986-7085 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204786-8477.
The death of the woman on the Harry Lazarenko Bridge is the second fatal collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle this week.
A man was struck near Queen Elizabeth Way (Main Street) and Mayfair Avenue near The Forks at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday by a driver that fled the scene.
He was taken to hospital in critical condition, but later died.
Police have said investigators were closing in on the kind of vehicle that hit the man on Thursday.