A man who was hit by a car while walking on Calgary's ring road early Tuesday was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
A spokesperson for Calgary EMS told Global News that paramedics were called to a crash scene in the southbound lanes of Stoney Trail Northeast at about 3:40 a.m.
Police are investigating what happened and have temporarily closed the southbound lanes of Stoney Trail Northeast between Airport Trail and McKnight Boulevard.
The EMS spokesperson said paramedics took the pedestrian, believed to be a man in his 20s or 30s, to Foothills Medical Centre with critical injuries.
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