A 35-year-old woman from Shoal River First Nation is dead after exiting a moving pickup truck and getting struck by the vehicle’s trailer early Sunday morning.
Swan River RCMP received a report of the accident just after 3 a.m. Sunday, one kilometre south of Mafeking, Man., on Highway 10.
Investigators believe the pickup’s driver, a 46-year-old Birch River man, was heading southbound when the woman exited the vehicle. She was struck by the trailer being towed by the truck and was pronounced dead on the scene.
RCMP say the driver is now in police custody and facing multiple charges, including impaired driving causing death and impaired over 80 causing death.
They believe alcohol is a factor in the collision.
Officers from Swan River, along with a forensic collision reconstructionist, continue to investigate the accident.