Pembina Valley RCMP respond to fatal collision

October 22, 2020
RM of Dufferin, Manitoba

News release

At 1:35 pm, on October 21, 2020, Pembina Valley RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle collision involving a semi-trailer and a pickup truck at the intersection of Road 35 N and Road 20 W, located approximately seven kilometres east of Carman, in the RM of Dufferin.

The investigation has determined that a semi-trailer, being driven by a 60-year-old male from the RM of Dufferin, was travelling northbound on Road 20 W when it entered the intersection and collided with a westbound pickup, being driven by a 76-year-old male, also from the RM of Dufferin.

The 76-year-old was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The 60-year-old was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Alcohol and speed are not believed to be factors in the collision.

Pembina Valley RCMP, along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.

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Contact information

Sgt. Paul Manaigre, Media Relations Officer
RCMP Media Relations
204-983-8497

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File number: 2020-1556017

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