Overview
- Emergency crews responded around 6:30 a.m. to the Queen Street parking lot in Truro, N.S., where the woman was struck and later died in hospital.
- The snow-clearing vehicle was a pickup with a front blade operated by a private contractor, and police have seized it for examination.
- Investigators say it appears the pedestrian emerged between parked cars as the plow was backing up, though the probe remains active.
- Officers noted blowing and drifting snow with poor visibility at the time of the collision during an overnight storm.
- Police have not released the victim’s name pending notification of her family.