WINNIPEG – A 16-year-old Saskatchewan girl is dead after she was found in a partly submerged vehicle in the Assiniboine River in Manitoba.
A passerby reported the vehicle in the river near the Harrison Bridge Road, north of Oak Lake, Man., at about 11 p.m. Sunday, RCMP said. The Oak Lake fire department responded and pulled the girl from the vehicle.
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The girl, a rural Saskatchewan resident who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
RCMP said they believe bad weather and icy road conditions were factors in the crash. Alcohol isn’t considered a factor. Police continue to investigate with the help of a forensic collision reconstructionist.
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