Teen on dirt bike killed in crash with train: Manitoba RCMP

RCMP in Manitoba say they’re looking into a fatal crash Sunday afternoon between a train and a dirt bike.

Officers were called to the scene, a railway crossing on Pleasant Road south of Highway 15 in the RM of Springfield, just after 1 p.m.

Police said the dirt bike rider, a 15-year-old from Steinbach, was headed south when he collided with a westbound CN train. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

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RCMP continue to investigate with the help of CN police and a forensic collision reconstructionist.

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