Vigil for woman struck down by vehicle temporarily shuts down Winnipeg bridge [Video]

More than 100 people showed up to a vigil on the Winnipeg bridge where a woman was struck and killed almost three weeks ago, demanding answers.

The vigil for Doris Porter started at 6 p.m. Friday, shutting down traffic at the intersection of Main Street and Redwood Avenue for about half an hour before marchers moved across the Harry Lazarenko Bridge. The vigil wrapped up about an hour after.

City police said a 49-year-old woman was lying on the bridge — formerly called the Redwood Bridge — when she was hit by a westbound vehicle on Aug. 10.

The family has called on police to do a thorough investigation into the death.

A red dress with the words “Justice for Doris” was painted in the middle of the bridge, …