A man is dead after a semi truck rolled over on Highway 1 near Portage la Prairie, Man., early Saturday morning.
Manitoba RCMP said the call came in around 1:20 a.m.
Police said an overturned semi truck was spotted in the median ditch just past the Portage la Prairie bridge bypass with its 67-year-old driver partially ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
It’s believed that the semi-trailer truck was heading westbound and had just crossed the bridge when it went into the median ditch and rolled.
A police investigation is ongoing.
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