WINNIPEG – Three people are dead after a van and train collided yesterday near Strathclair, Manitoba.

RCMP say it happened about a kilometre east of the community on Road 126 West.

The 27 year old driver of the van from Dauphin was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The three passengers in the van, a 45 year old man from the Sandy Bay First Nation, 25 year old male from the Waywayseecappo First Nation and a 19 year old man from Dauphin, were pronounced dead at the scene.

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