Pedestrian struck and killed in Plessisville

Flashing lights on a police car in Philadelphia on Monday, January 17, 2022. (Matt Rourke/The Canadian Press/AP)

PLESSISVILLE — A pedestrian walking in the middle of the street late Friday night was killed in Plessisville, in the Centre-du-Québec region.

Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers were called around 10:00 p.m. to Route 116, where the pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle.

“A vehicle travelling on Route 116 struck a pedestrian who was walking on the yellow line in the middle of the road. The 60-year-old pedestrian was pronounced dead at the hospital,” said Sergeant Béatrice Dorsainville, spokesperson for the SQ.

The victim’s identity has not been released, and the circumstances leading to the collision remained unclear early in the investigation. Alcohol does not appear to have been a factor, according to initial reports.

A perimeter was set up to secure the scene of the collision while investigators worked on site.

Route 16 was reopened to traffic around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The Sûreté du Québec’s investigation is ongoing.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on July, 4 2026.