A 41-year-old man is facing charges after a crash closed a portion of Highway 1 Monday night near Elie, Man.
The crash happened at the Trans-Canada Highway intersection with Highway 248 around 7:40 p.m.
RCMP said a pickup truck towing a trailer rear ended a semi stopped at a red light. The two occupants of the pickup truck, a 16-year-old teen and the 41-year-old driver, were trapped inside. Once they were extricated they were brought to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the semi was uninjured.
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The driver of the pickup truck was charged with drive carelessly.
Westbound lanes on Highway 1 were closed for a little more than one hour.
STARS Air Ambulance responded to the call.
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