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CTV News
8 hours ago
- CTV News
Winnipeg man dead, another in critical condition after off-road vehicle collision: RCMP
Police say a Winnipeg man has died after the off-road vehicle he was driving collided with an SUV on a Manitoba highway. Oakbank RCMP, paramedics and the local fire department were called to the collision Tuesday afternoon on Highway 44 at Road 35E in the RM of Brokenhead, Man. According to police, they arrived to find a damaged SUV off the road in the grass and an off-road vehicle on its side in the westbound lane of the highway. Mounties say the SUV was travelling west on the highway when the off-road vehicle attempted to cross the road northbound from Road 35E, hitting the SUV on the front driver's side. The SUV's driver, a 39-year-old woman from Beausejour, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. There were two other women inside, also from Beausejour, who were not physically hurt, police say. The 42-year-old Winnipeg man who was driving the off-road vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. A 32-year-old Winnipeg man who was a passenger in the off-road vehicle was taken to hospital where he remains in critical condition, police say. An investigation is ongoing.
CBC
14 hours ago
- CBC
Winnipeg man dead, another in critical condition after off-road vehicle crash with SUV
A 42-year-old man is dead after the off-road vehicle he was driving crashed into a passing SUV on a southern Manitoba highway Tuesday, RCMP say. Mounties from Oakbank, along with emergency medical services and the local fire department, responded to the crash on Highway 44 at Road 35E in the rural municipality of Brokenhead, about 40 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, around 2:20 p.m. When they got there, officers saw the SUV with some damage sitting off the road in the grass, while the off-road vehicle was on its side in the middle of the westbound lane of Highway 44, RCMP said in a Wednesday news release. An investigation revealed the SUV was going west on the highway when the off-road vehicle tried to cross the road northbound from Road 35E, hitting the SUV on the front driver side, police said. The 42-year-old Winnipeg man driving the off-road vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, while his passenger, a 32-year-old man, was taken to hospital and is in critical condition, the release said. The 39-year-old Beausejour woman driving the SUV was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Two female passengers in the SUV, also from Beausejour, were not injured.
