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Manitoba Woman Dies in Crash on Highway 1

May 11, 2023 3:29 PM | News


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The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

RCMP say a woman from the RM of North Norfolk is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday evening.

Portage la Prairie RCMP were called to the scene after being told about a crash on Highway 1 and Road 64 West in the RM of North Norfolk.

A woman driving south on Road 64 West, struck a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway at about 9:45 p.m.

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The driver died at the scene.

The vehicle’s lone occupant on the Trans-Canada Highway, a 20-year-old woman from the same RM, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

RCMP and a forensic collision reconstructionist continue to investigate.

— Staff