Stonewall RCMP are reporting that an 82-year-old woman has died as the result of a two-vehicle collision that occurred in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba.
On March 11, 2023, at approximately 3:30pm, Stonewall RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Road 3 East and Highway 415.
Investigation has determined that a pickup truck traveling south on Road 3 East, entered the intersection when it was unsafe to do so, and collided with an eastbound SUV on Highway 415.
Police say that an 82-year-old female passenger in the SUV was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver and other passenger in the vehicle, a 55-year-old and 91-year-old male, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. All three were from Teulon. The driver of the pickup, a 29-year-old male, along with a 28-year-old male passenger, both from Stonewall, were not physically injured.
RCMP report that the 29-year-old driver from Stonewall, was arrested and is facing charges of impaired operation of a conveyance causing death and impaired operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm.
Stonewall RCMP along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist and the Criminal Collision Investigation Team, continue to investigate this incident.
