A 43-year-old Ste. Agathe woman has died as the result of a recent vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of Highway 75 and Provincial Road 305, in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot.
On November 5, 2023, at approximately 5:10pm, St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 75. Investigation determined that a vehicle, with two occupants, was traveling east on Provincial Road 305, when it approached the Highway 75 intersection. The vehicle subsequently proceeded through the intersection and was struck by a northbound semi-trailer.
RCMP report that the 40-year-old female driver of the eastbound vehicle, from Winnipeg, was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 43-year-old female passenger, from Ste. Agathe, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene. Officers noted that the 21-year-old male driver of the semi-trailer, from Winnipeg, was not physically injured.
St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP, along with an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate this incident.
