Lundar RCMP respond to fatal collision

July 26, 2021
St. Laurent, Manitoba

News release

On July 23, 2021, at approximately 11:40 pm, Lundar RCMP responded to a report of a head-on collision on Highway 6, approximately 10 kilometres south of St. Laurent, Manitoba. When officers arrived on scene, there was a vehicle in the ditch and another vehicle in the middle of the highway. Both had significant front-end damage.

The 28-year-old female driver of the vehicle in the ditch was pronounced deceased on scene. The 33-year-old female driver of the vehicle on the highway was transported to hospital with serious physical injuries. Both drivers were from Winnipeg and were the lone occupants of their vehicles.

Initial investigation has shown that the 28-year-old female was travelling southbound on Highway 6 and the 33-year-old female was travelling northbound when they collided in the southbound lane. A RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist and the RCMP Criminal Collision Investigative Team are assisting with this ongoing investigation to determine the cause of the collision.

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Contact information

Tara Seel, Media Relations Officer
RCMP Media Relations
204-983-8497

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File number: 20211078650

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