A woman from Portage la Prairie is dead after a crash between a personal watercraft and a boat Saturday afternoon on the Whitemud River, Manitoba RCMP say.
According to police, a northbound boat with five people on board and a southbound personal watercraft with two occupants collided at a bend in the river. The watercraft driver, 31, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while his passenger, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said no one on the boat was injured. RCMP continue to investigate.