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B.C. motorcyclist dies in Manitoba crash

RCMP say a 30-year-old Prince George, B.C., man died in a crash in Swan River, Man. File / Global News

WINNIPEG – A 30-year-old motorcyclist from Prince George, B.C., is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck also driven by a B.C. man in Swan River, Man.

Police believe alcohol was a factor in the crash at about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the town about 380 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg near the Saskatchewan border.

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The motorcyclist was seriously injured in the crash at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Main Street and later died in hospital. The truck driver was a 23-year-old man from Kelowna.

Police ask that anyone with information about the crash call Swan River RCMP at 204-734-4686 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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