A 19-year-old man is dead and five other people were injured after a vehicle collided with a semi-truck in the RM of De Salaberry, south of Winnipeg, on Saturday evening.
St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP say the collision happened around 8 p.m. at the intersection of Provincial Roads 23 and 200.
Mounties say a vehicle with five occupants was driving north on PR 200 when it collided with a semi-truck travelling east on PR 23.
“The semi-truck jack-knifed in the eastbound lane and tipped over into the ditch. The other vehicle was in south ditch of PR 23, facing west,” RCMP said in a news release.
A passenger in the vehicle, a 19-year-old man from Dominion City, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old man from the RM of Stuartburn, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Three other passengers – two 16-year-old girls and a 17-year-old boy – were hospitalized with multiple injuries.
The driver of the semi-truck, a 27-year-old Winnipeg man, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Police continue to investigate.
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