A 50-year-old Winnipeg woman is dead after a crash north of Portage la Prairie Monday afternoon, RCMP say.
The scene on Highway 16 was discovered by a Manitoba First Nations Police officer around 5:40 p.m., followed by officers from the Portage RCMP detachment, as well as EMS and local firefighters.
Police said their investigation has determined that a southbound SUV, driven by a 47-year-old man from Winnipeg, crossed over the highway’s centre line and crashed head-on with the woman’s SUV headed in the other direction. She was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital.
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RCMP continue to investigate with the help of a forensic collision reconstructionist.
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