A 16-year-old youth from Swan Lake has recently died as the result of a head-on collision that occurred on Highway 23, near the intersection of Road 26N, approximately two kilometres north of Mariapolis, Manitoba.
Pembina Valley RCMP recently responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 23. Investigation determined that a vehicle, with four female occupants, was heading northbound on Highway 23 when it encountered an ice covered section and lost control. The vehicle subsequently collided head-on with a southbound SUV carrying one occupant, a 69-year-old male from Balder.
RCMP report that in the northbound vehicle, a 16-year-old front passenger, from Swan Lake, was pronounced deceased on scene. The 18-year-old driver, from Mariapolis, was transported to hospital in Winnipeg via STARS Air Ambulance with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The two rear passengers, a 13-year-old from Mariapolis, along with a 12-year-old from Notre Dame de Lourdes, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Officers noted that the 69-year-old driver of the SUV was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
