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Police are investigating after a CTrain struck a pedestrian in downtown Calgary on Thursday evening.
At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Thursday, a 60-year-old man was walking southbound on Centre Street approaching Seventh Avenue S.W. when he entered the path of an oncoming LRT train, Calgary police said in a news release.
Police said the train was moving through an intersection on a green signal.
As a result of the collision, the man became pinned under the train, the release said. He was extricated and transported to the hospital in life-threatening condition.
Police said speed and impairment are not believed to be factors in the collision. The investigation is ongoing.