Posted on 11/15/2014, 1:37 pm, by mySteinbach

On November 14, 2014, at approximately 1:45pm, Morris and Emerson RCMP responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 75 and PR 7, about three kilometres south of Highway 201.

Police say that the collision occurred in the southbound lane of Highway 75 where a pickup truck and a semi-truck, hauling large equipment, collided. Initial investigation shows that the semi was traveling west on PR 7N. The semi crossed the northbound lanes of Highway 75, stopped at the median, and proceeded to turn left onto southbound Highway 75 when it collided with the southbound pickup truck.

The three occupants of the pickup truck were injured in the collision. The driver and one passenger of the pickup were transported to local hospital. One passenger was transported to Winnipeg hospital. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time and the driver of the semi was uninjured.