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Van driver killed in collision with train near Austin, Man.

Train tracks on the prairies. Pixabay

Portage la Prairie RCMP are investigating a Thursday night collision between a van and a train in the Rural Municipality of Norfolk that left a 55-year-old man dead.

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Police said the incident, which took place on Road 69 N., just west of Austin, Man., happened when the northbound van was struck by an eastbound train around 10:35 p.m.

Austin is about 150 km west of Winnipeg.

The driver of the van, a man from the Rural Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was pronounced dead on scene, and police have said alcohol was not a factor in the collision.

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Portage la Prairie RCMP are working with a forensic collision re-constructionist and CN Police Service to investigate the crash.

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