Winnipeg woman dies in head-on crash near Binscarth, Man.
Alcohol, speed not considered factors in deadly collision, RCMP say
A head-on collision on Highway 16 in southwestern Manitoba has killed a 58-year-old woman from Winnipeg, Russell RCMP say.
Officers arrived at the crash 15 kilometres south of Binscarth, Man., around 5:40 p.m. Sunday.
Police determined two vehicles, a pickup truck travelling south and an SUV travelling north, collided head-on.
The woman driving the SUV died at the scene while her 43-year-old female passenger, from St. Clements, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Her condition Monday is not known.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 62-year-old man from Winnipeg, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Investigators do not believe alcohol or speed played a part in the crash.
Binscarth is near the Saskatchewan border, 305 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.