(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
A Winnipeg man was killed Monday shortly after the semi-trailer he was driving lost control and hit the ditch on Highway 3.
Manitoba RCMP say the single-vehicle accident happened at around 9:30 a.m. approximately two kilometres north of Highway 14, in the RM of Stanley.
Police say the southbound semi entered the east ditch after losing control on icy roads. The driver, a 47-year-old man, got out of the vehicle and was standing near the passenger side when a deck truck lost control, entered the ditch and hit the man.
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The victim was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The 39-year-old man driving the second truck wasn’t injured.
Pembina Valley RCMP continue to investigate.
