Man killed at crossing in Winnipeg

It was just after sundown on Friday night. A man was crossing Main Street at Jarvis Avenue. Police say a pickup truck struck him. Driving home that night, Shayna Lowe and her husband saw the aftermath. There was a pedestrian laying on the sidewalk near the middle part of the road. We saw a truck parked there, we saw the people there, and it was quite traumatic. Police say a man in his 60s died from his injuries after the crash. Security video obtained by CBC shows him walking east in the crosswalk. Lights telling drivers to stop were flashing. The driver stayed at the scene. They need to fix this crosswalk. Sue Carribo lives in a building next to the intersection. With few other options nearby to cross Main Street, Carribo says the crosswalk is always busy. With the push of a button, pedestrians should get the right of way. She says it doesn't always happen. When the yellow light is on and we're starting to walk, they just keep going. It's getting worse and worse. People are driving so fast. Lucky Adams is with Streets for People Winnipeg. They say the crossing is trying to balance two needs, moving tons of heavy traffic as quickly as possible and helping locals walk safely in the neighborhood. The cars on the other side, they don't stop for the lights right away until you actually get there so people are sort of incentivized to just go through the lights while they're flashing until they see somebody. Adam says there are also some structural issues. No traffic island for people to wait in the median or a button to activate the lights halfway through the crossing so they may stop flashing while people are still in the street. If you have an actual red light people are way more likely to actually stop for the whole duration of that which they just don't do with crosswalks. They say the speed limit could also be dropped from 50 kilometers an hour to 30, or have fewer than nine lanes at the intersection to make it feel less like a highway. Shayna and her husband say bigger lights or signage telling drivers to be ready to stop might help. They also say drivers need to be more alert to prevent other deaths. That if there aren't any changes, it's gonna be more. It's gonna happen more often and it's gonna be sad. The city declined to comment on changes to the intersection as police continue to investigate the crash. Santiago Arias Orozco, CBC News, Winnipeg.