Manitoba

Man, 39, dead after vehicle jumps median, hits light pole in East St. Paul

A man is dead and another was airlifted to hospital after a vehicle jumped a median and crashed into a light pole just north of Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon.

31-year-old airlifted to hospital in critical but stable condition after Saturday crash: RCMP

A close-up of the side of an RCMP vehicle.
A 39-year-old man is dead after a vehicle jumped over a median and crashed into light pole in the rural municipality of East St. Paul on Saturday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle was airlifted to hospital in critical but stable condition. (David Bell/CBC)

A man is dead and another was airlifted to hospital after a vehicle jumped a median and crashed into a light pole just north of Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon. 

The crash happened on Highway 59 at Birds Hill Road in the rural municipality of East St. Paul, just north of Winnipeg, RCMP said in a news release Monday. 

Mounties received a report about a southbound vehicle driving erratically on the highway around 5 p.m. on Saturday. 

At the turn in the road at the intersection, the vehicle jumped over the median and crashed into a light pole, police said. 

Two people who were travelling in the vehicle were extracted, RCMP said. 

A 39-year-old passenger, a man from Winnipeg, died at the scene of the crash, police said. 

The driver, a 31-year-old man from Winnipeg, was airlifted to hospital in critical but stable condition. 

The crash remains under investigation, police said. 

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