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Manitoba woman, 19, killed in ATV accident

RCMP Little Grand Rapids detachment.
RCMP Little Grand Rapids detachment. RCMP

A 19-year-old woman from Pauingassi First Nation is dead after a Saturday morning ATV accident.

Manitoba RCMP said they were called to the scene around 7:40 a.m., and that two women had been riding the vehicle when it went into the ditch and they were thrown off.

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The driver, 26, was taken to the local nursing station and later to Winnipeg for non-life threatening injuries, while the passenger was declared dead at the scene.

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Little Grand Rapids RCMP continue to investigate.

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