On January 18, 2012, just before noon, the Portage la Prairie RCMP Detachment, EMS and Fire Department responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 240 between Portage la Prairie and Southport, Manitoba.
Initial investigation determined that a northbound Chevy S-10 pick-up truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with a southbound Chevy Avalanche pick-up.
The two occupants of the Avalanche suffered minor injuries.
RCMP report that the driver of the Chevy S-10, a 37-year-old Portage la Prairie man, was transported to the Portage District General Hospital before being transferred to a Winnipeg Hospital with undetermined injuries.
The Portage la Prairie RCMP Detachment continues to investigate the crash with the assistance of the RCMP Criminal Crash Investigation Team and an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist. Police say that the names of the victims will not be released.
