A 17-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a vehicle in southwestern Manitoba early Sunday, police say.

RCMP got a report about a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Road 107 West, in the rural municipality of Cornwallis, around 3:15 a.m. Sunday, police said in a news release.

Officers who went to the scene found a 17-year-old girl being treated by first responders. She had been hit by a vehicle and was later pronounced dead at the site of the crash, police said.

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Investigators believe the teen girl, who was from Brandon, was hit as she was walking on the road with a 16-year-old boy. The two had just left a party in the area.

The teen boy was not injured.

Police don't believe alcohol was a factor in the collision.

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