Winnipeg man dead, another in critical condition after off-road vehicle crash with SUV
Beausejour woman driving SUV taken to hospital with minor injuries after Tuesday crash, Manitoba RCMP say
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.
Oakbank RCMP said they continue to investigate the crash, along with an RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist.