At approximately 8:20 p.m. the Maidstone RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by an eastbound vehicle on Highway 16 approximately one mile east of the town of Maidstone.
On scene with the Maidstone Fire Department, RCMP confirmed that a male pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle and is now deceased. The identity of the male has not been released.
An RCMP collision analyst from Saskatoon was called to analyse the scene.
The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and called the police. The driver 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 on Highway 16 east-bound was stopped for the time and re-routed into the westbound lane for approximately two miles from Maidstone in the westbound lane.
