{"id":449544,"date":"2026-02-02T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/449544\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:54:09","slug":"woman-dies-after-being-struck-by-snowplow-in-truro-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/449544\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after being struck by snowplow in Truro parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Scotia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A private contractor was plowing snow in Truro, N.S., on Monday morning when the pedestrian was hit.<\/p>\n<p>Private contractor was plowing snow at car dealership when pedestrian was hit<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Feb 02, 2026 8:57 AM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A police officer walks in front of a snowplow as snow falls.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770054849_294_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A woman died after she was struck by a snowplow at a car dealership in Truro, N.S., on Feb. 2, 2026. (Truro and Colchester Code 1 Coverage\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>A woman has died after a snowplow struck her in a parking lot in Truro, N.S., early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Facebook post from the Truro Police Service, the 54-year-old was walking across a parking lot of a car dealership on Queen Street at about 6:30 a.m. when the plow hit her.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics took the woman to hospital, where she died.<\/p>\n<p>Truro police say they are investigating, and that the snowplow involved was operated by a private contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if criminal charges are possible, Truro Police Chief Dave MacNeil said the investigation is in the early stages and police are &#8220;looking at all angles associated with this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOP STORIES<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia A private contractor was plowing snow in Truro, N.S., on Monday morning when the pedestrian was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-449544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}