Posted on 04/29/2011, 2:50 pm, by mySteinbach
Two people were sent to hospital after losing control and hitting the ditch on Highway 1, just east of the junction at Highway 16 in the RM of Portage la Prairie.
On April 28, 2011, just before 2:30pm, Central Plains RCMP as well as Portage la Prairie Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to the scene of a single vehicle collision. Investigation revealed that while traveling westbound on Highway 1, the driver of a 2008 Dodge Ram, lost control of the vehicle, drove over an approach and ended up in the ditch.
The 50-year-old male driver and 17-year-old male passenger were transported to hospital with undetermined injuries.
RCMP report that alcohol is not believed to have been a factor and that the investigation is continuing.
