While the last several years brought a steady decrease in the numbers of fatal collisions and deaths on our roads, 2015 saw those numbers slightly increase.
On January 1, 2016, at approximately 11:30pm, Stonewall RCMP were called to a residential fire on School Road in Stony Mountain after witnesses driving by the residence observed the house on fire and immediately called 911.
On December 29, 2015, shortly before 7am, officers from the Oxford House RCMP detachment were called to a residential fire in Oxford House.
On December 24, 2015, at approximately 5:24pm, Steinbach RCMP were called to the scene of an off road vehicle collision in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.
On December 24, 2015, at approximately 5am, Selkirk RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision on Provincial Road 230, just north of Highway 67, near Selkirk, MB.
On December 18, 2015, at approximately 8:50am, Souris RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Road 66N and 117W in the Municipality of Riverdale, MB.
On December 15, 2015, at approximately 5:30pm, Selkirk RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 59 near St. Clements, Manitoba.
On December 2, 2015 just before 10pm, two officers on patrol were traveling south on Highway 3, approximately 1 mile south of Jordan Corner in the RM of Roland, when they observed a person sitting on the west shoulder of the highway.
On November 29, 2015 at approximately 11am, Selkirk and Oakbank officers attended the intersection of Road 76 North and Road 35 East, in response to a two vehicle collision.
There’s been a 42 percent increase in road fatalities in Manitoba over the last three months, compared to the average number of fatalities over the same time period in the previous five years, reports Manitoba Public Insurance.
