Manitoba

Winnipeg woman dies in head-on crash near Binscarth, Man.

A head-on collision on Highway 16 in southwestern Manitoba has killed a 58-year-old woman from Winnipeg, said Russell RCMP.

Alcohol, speed not considered factors in deadly collision, RCMP say

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A woman died in a head-on crash Sunday evening between her SUV and a pickup truck near Binscarth, Man., on Highway 16. (CBC)

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.