A pedestrian was struck and killed by an eastbound vehicle on Highway 16 near Maidstone Friday night.
The incident happened around 8:20 p.m. about 1.5 kilometres east of the community.
Maidstone RCMP and the Maidstone Fire Department were on the scene and confirmed a male pedestrian was the victim. The identity of the man has not been released.
According to the RCMP the driver of the vehicle had stopped at the scene and called the police. He had not been drinking. Police are investigating the cause of the accident and why the pedestrian was in the travelling lane on the highway.
Traffic was re-routed into the west-bound lane for approximately three kilometres from Maidstone in the aftermath of the incident, with RCMP and Maidstone Fire Department both assisting. An RCMP collision analyst from Saskatoon analyzed the scene.
