A pedestrian was hit and killed by a town of Vail snowplow on Wednesday morning, town officials said in a press release. Emergency responders were called at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to Glacier Court in Vail,

VAIL, Colo. — One person is dead after being hit by a snowplow Wednesday morning in Vail. About 8:30 a.m., crews were called to Glacier Court in Vail for a report of a snowplow that hit a pedestrian, according to a social media post by Vail Police. The pedestrian died on scene.

The Town of Vail on Wednesday issued the following press release on a pedestrian fatality involving a town snowplow: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 5, emergency responders were called to Glacier Court in Vail where a Town of Vail snowplow reportedly struck a pedestrian.

An early morning crash involving a snowplow and a pedestrian in Vail resulted in that pedestrian later dying from their injuries, in what's being called the first snowplow-related death in the town, according to police.