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Man killed on dark highway by tractor-trailer

By Medicine Hat News on January 8, 2021.

A 30-year-old man is dead after being struck by a semi-truck while walking on a highway south of Gleichen on Tuesday night.

Gleichen RCMP report that the accident on the Siksika Nation occurred on Highway 901, about four kilometres south of the Trans-Canada.

Authorities say it appears the man was walking on the roadway when he was hit by an eastbound tractor-trailer.

No charges have been laid but the incident is still under investigation.

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