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St. Boniface pedestrian’s death latest on dangerous city streets

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2022/11/07/pedestrian-stuck-k...

A man in his 50s has died after being hit by a vehicle Sunday in St. Boniface — the latest in a recent string of fatalities on Winnipeg streets.

Police and fire paramedics were called to the 100 block of Dumoulin Street at about 7:30 p.m. for a reported pedestrian collision, Winnipeg Police Service said Monday.

The man was taken to hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. The driver, a man in his 20s, remained at the scene and spoke with police.

Little sign of a police investigation remained on the mostly residential block of Dumoulin Street mid-day Monday, apart from a piece of yellow crime scene tape in the road’s gutter near the St. Boniface Hotel.

Traffic investigators have asked anyone with information or who witnessed the collision to call the division at 204986-7085.

On Monday, police had no updates to provide on the investigations into the spate of hit-and-runs in late October. Investigators have not made any arrests, police confirmed.

Five people died on city roads in little more than a week, three of whom were pedestrians. The drivers in four of the fatal collisions fled the scenes.

A 56-year-old man was struck at Notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street by a white or light-coloured SUV at about 2:45 a.m. Oct. 24. He later died in hospital.

After a tip from the public, police investigators found the suspect vehicle abandoned in Charleswood.

On Oct. 21, a woman in her 40s was struck and injured near Marion Avenue and Archibald Street.

On Oct. 18, David Bunguke, 17, was killed after the vehicle he was a passenger in struck a hydro poleon St. Mary’s Road. The driver, an 18-year-old male, was also seriously injured.

On Oct. 16, Shannon Joan Marie Romaniuk, 24, was killed near the intersection of Portage Avenue and Berry Street. The driver fled in a silver or grey late-model SUV.

Just 18 hours prior, 81-year-old Corazon Manguerra was critically injured when the vehicle she was in was struck in a hit-and-run near Sargent Avenue and Empress Street. She died in hospital.

The driver and occupants of the suspect vehicle ran away before police arrived, leaving the wrecked Dodge Caravan on the bank of Omand’s Creek.

On Oct. 9, Jim Aitkenhead, 78, died in hospital after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing Osborne Street. The driver, a woman in her 80s, remained at the scene and spoke with police. No charges have been announced.

— Erik Pindera