(RCMP.GC.CA)
A 76-year-old man from Grande Pointe has died following a two-vehicle collision Tuesday morning on Highway 59, just north of Provincial Road 311 in the RM of Hanover.
Manitoba RCMP say the man was driving southbound around 8:50 a.m. when his vehicle veered into the northbound lane and collided with an oncoming semi-truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 73-year-old female passenger, also from Grande Pointe, was airlifted to hospital by STARS with serious injuries. The semi-truck driver, a 47-year-old man from La Broquerie, was not injured.
RCMP continue to investigate the cause of the crash.
