Man, woman die after head-on crash with SUV on Highway 12: Manitoba RCMP
Police say minivan tried to pass semi-trailer but crashed with SUV on Sunday morning near Zhoda, Man.
A man and a woman are dead after their minivan crashed head-on with an SUV on a highway in southeastern Manitoba on Sunday.
The two-vehicle collision happened at around 9:25 a.m. on Highway 12, about five kilometres north of Zhoda, a community roughly 80 kilometres south of Winnipeg, RCMP said in a news release Sunday.
Police believe the minivan was travelling north on the highway when the driver tried to pass a semi-trailer but crashed head-on with an SUV driving southbound.
The minivan driver, a 76-year-old man, and his passenger, a 72-year-old woman, died at the scene of the crash, police said. A 37-year-old man travelling with them was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Police said the driver of the SUV, a 41-year-old man, was taken to hospital in critical condition.
STARS, Manitoba's air ambulance services, confirmed in an email they were called to the crash and transported one person in serious condition to Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.
RCMP, along with the forensic collision reconstructionist, continue to investigate the crash.
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