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Manitoba girl not wearing seatbelt thrown from SUV after crash

A 12-year-old Manitoba girl was ejected from an SUV after a crash in the Rural Municipality of Hanover Wednesday afternoon. Global News / File

A 12-year-old girl from Steinbach, Man., is recovering in hospital after she was ejected from an SUV Wednesday afternoon.

RCMP responded to a crash at the intersection of Provincial Road 206 and Road 39 N in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

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An SUV was driving eastbound on Road 39 and did not stop for the stop sign at the intersection, RCMP said. The vehicle then hit a northbound SUV with four people inside.

The 12-year-old girl was ejected from the northbound vehicle. She was taken to hospital in critical condition but later ungraded to stable condition.

RCMP said she was not wearing a seatbelt at the time.

Officers are continuing to investigate the crash.

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