MONCTON, N.B. -- Police say a young woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick.

RCMP Const. Isabelle Beaulieu says the collision happened shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday in Moncton.

Beaulieu says the 22-year-old woman from Riverview, N.B., was crossing the westbound lanes of the highway when she was struck.

She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Beaulieu says the victim was coming from the AC/DC concert at Magnetic Hill.

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