73-Year-Old Man Dies in Collision on Highway 12

Manitoba PostNews

WINNIPEG – Thursday afternoon RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision that left one man dead.

Mounties said the collision was on Highway 12 at the intersection of Provincial Road 210, located south of Ste. Anne.

A vehicle, being driven by a 38-year-old man from Winnipeg, was travelling southbound on Hwy 12 when it collided with a westbound SUV, being driven by a 73-year-old female from the RM of La Broquerie.

The driver of the southbound vehicle was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV and one of the passengers, 72-year-old female from the RM of La Broquerie, were both taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. A 73-year-old male passenger from the RM of La Broquerie was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP said alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the collision and it is unknown if seatbelts were in use.