A  21 year-old female Manitoba Highways employee has died after being hit by a car.

 

It happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon on provincial road 207 between Deacon's Corner and highway #15 in the eastern part of Manitoba.

 

R.C.M.P. report the woman was struck by a car driven by a 67 year-old man from the R-M of Springfield.

 

She was rushed to hospital where she died a short time later.

No further information has been released at this time.