Manitoba

Man charged with impaired driving after woman, 82, dies in rural Manitoba crash

A woman is dead and two other people she was travelling with were injured in a crash involving an impaired driver southwest of Teulon, Man.

Two people the woman was travelling with were also injured, RCMP say

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An 82-year-old woman from Teulon, Man., is dead following a two-vehicle collision Saturday in the rural municipality of Rockwood. A 29-year-old man from Stonewall is facing impaired driving charges. (David Bell/CBC)

A 29-year-old man faces impaired driving charges after a crash southwest of Teulon, Man., that left one woman dead and two other people injured.

Officers were called to a two-vehicle collision around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in the rural municipality of Rockwood, according to a release from Stonewall RCMP on Monday.

Mounties said a pickup truck travelling south on Road 3 East collided with an SUV travelling east on Highway 415. RCMP say the truck drove into the crossing "when it was unsafe to do so."

An 82-year-old passenger in the SUV was killed. Two men — the 55-year-old driver and a 91-year-old passenger — were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. All three were from Teulon.

Two men in the pickup truck, both from Stonewall, were not physically hurt.

The 29-year-old driver was arrested and charged with two impaired driving offences.

RCMP continue to investigate the crash.

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