THUNDER BAY – A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Oliver Road on Tuesday night.
Thunder Bay police were dispatched to reports of a collision involving a white SUV and a male pedestrian on Oliver Road near Cambridge Street and Beckwick Road just after 11:25 p.m. Tuesday.
The area is roughly one kilometre west of Highway 17, near the Breakaway gas station.
The man was transported to hospital and later pronounced dead.
The vehicle remained on scene when police arrived. No charges have been laid, but an investigation is ongoing, police said.
The Thunder Bay Police Service appealed to anyone with information, including dash cam footage in the area around the time of the collision, to call police at 684-1200 and cite incident number P21070174.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Original police release below:
NEWS RELEASE
THUNDER BAY POLICE SERVICE
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Police continue to investigate a fatal motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, which occurred Tuesday night.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were originally dispatched to a section of Oliver Road, near Cambridge Street and Beckwick Road, just after 11:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9 following reports of an MVC involving a male pedestrian and a white SUV.
Paramedics with Superior North EMS, and firefighters with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue were also dispatched to the scene.
The adult male victim was transported to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and later pronounced deceased.
Members of the TBPS’s Traffic Unit are now involved in the ongoing investigation.
If you have any information that could assist investigators, or have dash cam footage along this area of Oliver Road around the time of the collision, please call police at 684-1200 and cite incident number P21070174.
You can submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
