Tragedy strikes as a good samaritan stops to help stranded driver

A 38 year old man is dead after he was hit by a semi truck on the Trans Canada highway just east of highway 12.

It happened around 6:00 am on Sunday January 8, 2017. A 38 year old man’s vehicle was stuck in the ditch and a good samaritan decided to help. A 42 year old woman was driving a pickup with a boat trailer in the eastbound lane of Highway 1 when she stopped to assist the man. 

According to RCMP most of her vehicle and trailer was blocking the driving lane. The 38 year old man from the stuck vehicle approached her passenger side window to speak with her.

An eastbound semi-truck with dual trailers tried to take evasive action and avoid hitting the pickup truck by steering to the shoulder of the road. The semi-truck struck the rear of the pickup truck and the male who was standing beside the pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The female driver of the pickup, from the RM of Ste Anne, the 70-year-old male driver of the semi-truck, from Quebec, as well as his 38-year-old male passenger were not injured in the collision.

RCMP continue to investigate.

-News4 Staff-