This past weekend, Steinbach and Falcon Lake RCMP responded to a number of vehicle-related fatalities which occurred in the RM of Ste. Anne and Whiteshell Provincial Park.
On August 16, 2020, at approximately 4:05am, Steinbach RCMP received a report of a collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian in the westbound lane of Highway 1, west of Richer between Road 41E and 42E in the RM of Ste. Anne.
Police investigation determined that a semi, traveling westbound, struck a 46-year-old Steinbach man who was walking along Highway 1. The 46-year-old man was pronounced deceased on scene.
Later that same afternoon, at approximately 4:30pm, Falcon Lake RCMP responded to a report of a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 1, two kilometres west of the Falcon Lake exit in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
In this incident, RCMP believe that a vehicle, being driven by a 20-year-old man from Prince George, BC, was traveling east on Highway 1 when his vehicle veered into the oncoming lane of traffic after negotiating a curve. The vehicle then struck a pickup truck before colliding with a westbound semi. The 20-year-old man was pronounced deceased on scene and no other injuries were reported.
Manitoba RCMP, along with Forensic Collision Reconstructionists, continue to investigate these incidents.
