Two vehicle crash claims life
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A two-vehicle accident claimed the life of a 20-year-old Ontario man on Wednesday morning and left a 13-year-old boy battling for his life.
St Pierre-Jolys RCMP issued a press release on Wednesday, saying they responded to the crash just after midnight on Highway 59, near Prefontaine Road in the RM of Tache.
“A vehicle with two occupants was traveling north on Highway 59 when it crossed into the path of a semi-truck traveling south,” the release stated. “The vehicle collided with the semi-truck pushing both vehicles in the ditch.”
The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 13-year-old male passenger from Steinbach was transported by STARS to a Winnipeg hospital with serious life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the semi, a 45-year-old man from Alberta, was not injured.