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)
A 70-year-old woman is dead following a collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle on Highway 44 in the RM of St. Clements last Sunday.
Selkirk RCMP responded to the crash at approximately 8:30 p.m. on May 31 at the intersection of Highway 44 and Provincial Road 212. Police say the motorcycle was travelling east on Highway 44 when it was struck by a vehicle crossing the highway northbound on PR 212.
The motorcycle driver, a 66-year-old man from the RM of Brokenhead, was airlifted to hospital by STARS with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, a 70-year-old woman also from the RM of Brokenhead, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 19-year-old woman from Portage la Prairie, was taken to hospital as a precaution and didn’t appear to be injured.
RCMP continue to investigate.
