2 girls dead, 3 other teens in hospital after rollover on Bloodvein First Nation

A Manitoba First Nation is in shock after a vehicle rollover left two teenage girls dead and three other teenagers airlifted to a children's hospital in Winnipeg.

Bloodvein First Nation Chief Roland Hamilton said he was devastated to hear about the fatal rollover on Saturday morning.

"Myself I'm kind of ... I don't know how to explain it but very emotionally bothered by all this," Hamilton said.

Hamilton said there were nine kids, all under the age of 16, in a stolen truck when the vehicle rolled over on the road on the east side of the community sometime between 7 and 9 a.m. Some of them were riding in the "box" of the vehicle, according to RCMP.

The girls who died were 13 and 14. 

The other teenagers were treated in the community, and the three who were airlifted to the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg are now in stable condition.

Hamilton said he knows the families of the two young girls who died in the crash but didn't know them personally.

"How could it happen? … Young kids riding around in a vehicle, stolen vehicle," Hamilton said.

The community, with an on-reservation population of about 1,040, is in shock and looking for answers, Hamilton added.

"It's mostly alcohol and drugs that we have to tackle, we have to deal with, [but the] community itself would have to step up," he said.

Bloodvein First Nation is located about 210 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

RCMP have not released any details.