At approximately 2:30am on September 5, 2010, Steinbach RCMP and Ste. Anne Police Service attended to a motor vehicle accident on provincial road 207, one mile west of Ste. Anne.
An eastbound car and a westbound dirt bike collided on the dark, single lane gravel road. The male dirt bike driver and the female dirt bike passenger were taken to Bethesda Hospital in Steinbach and later transported to Health Sciences Centre for treatment of their injuries. The driver of the car was uninjured and the passenger of the car sustained some minor facial cuts.
Steinbach RCMP and D Division Traffic Analysts are continuing the investigation.
Speed and alcohol are believed to have been a factor in the investigation.
Cpl Sean Grunewald
Steinbach RCMP
204-326-4452
