WINNIPEG — A fatal crash on Garven Road near Pineridge Road has claimed the life of a Winnipeg police officer who had recently been charged with drug and weapons related offences.
On Monday, multiple sources confirmed to Global News the victim of the fatal collision involving a gravel truck on the single lane road near Birds Hill was Trent Milan, an 18-year Winnipeg police veteran.
The driver of the gravel truck suffered minor injuries.
On Sept. 15, the Winnipeg Police Service announced they had laid 34 charges against Milan, after ‘irregularities” triggered a lengthy investigation. Charges included trafficking and drug possession.
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Global’s Skyview-1 helicopter captured footage of the crash around noon, on a dry, straight stretch of road.
No cause of the crash has been released.
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