Elderly pedestrian dies after hit by vehicle

An elderly pedestrian was was struck and killed by a vehicle near Thamesville late Wednesday night. An 86-year-old Thamesville man was pronounced dead at the scene around 11:45 p.m. on Longwoods Road between Dew Drop Road and Huff Side Road, Chatham-Kent police said. The driver, a 20-year-old woman from Thamesville, was not injured. “Due to the severity of the collision, the traffic management unit was called in to handle the investigation, resulting in the temporary closure of Longwoods