LONG SAULT – A pedestrian has been struck and killed on a section of Highway 401 between Long Sault and Ingleside.
SD&G O.P.P. say the person “entered the roadway and was struck” by a transport around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Investigators are still trying to determine why the 27-year-old man was in the live lanes of traffic.
The truck driver was not hurt.
A section of the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 has been closed at Dickinson Drive in Ingleside (mile marker 770) with no estimated time when it will reopen.
#SDGOPP update – 27 yr-old male deceased – Pedestrian entered roadway and was struck by E/B Tractor trailer. Road Closure continues to be in place. @OPP_COMM_ER – ^tc
— OPP East Region (@OPP_ER) February 10, 2021