Posted on 12/17/2011, 10:59 am, by mySteinbach

On December 16, 2011, at about 2:20pm, RCMP Morden Detachment were dispatched to the scene of a single vehicle collision on Highway 3, about 3 miles north of Boundary Trail Hospital close to Winkler.

Early investigation shows that the driver and lone occupant of the van, proceeded to pass a pick-up truck while traveling southbound on Highway 3, when the driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a hydro pole in the east ditch.

Manitoba Hydro attended the scene to cut the power so that Emergency personnel could approach the vehicle safely.

RCMP report that the 26-year-old man from Schanzenfeld who was driving the van perished in the collision. No one else was hurt.