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Montreal police say that a 71-year-old man who was hit by a vehicle on Saturday evening in the city’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough has died.
Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture said the collision happened at around 7:20 p.m. as the pedestrian was attempting to cross Grenet Street near De Mésy Street, between two intersections.
Couture said the man may have experienced a medical emergency and collapsed onto the road before being struck by an oncoming vehicle.
The driver, a 59-year-old man was unable to stop in time to avoid the collision, Couture said, adding he was not injured in the crash but was treated for shock.
The pedestrian was taken to hospital where he later died, according to police.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
Couture said police have to consider many different factors, such as determining whether speed contributed to the crash, or if anyone was distracted at the time. Investigators, he said, also need to take into account whether the urban landscape played a role somehow.