A two-vehicle crash on the Perimeter Highway at Oakland Road resulted in the death of a 73-year-old man.
RCMP said the collision happened just after 6 p.m. Jan. 8 when a semi-truck, bring driven by a 43-year-old man from Winnipeg, was driving eastbound on Oakland Road and attempting to turn north onto the Perimeter Highway.
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Officials said a trailer on the semi was blocking parts of the southbound lane when a car being driven by the 73-year-old man from Winkler hit the trailer.
The elderly man was pronounced dead on scene.
Southbound lanes of the Perimeter Highway were closed for four hours.
Officers from the Headingley Traffic Services and RCMP Forensic Collision continue to investigate.
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