Oakbank RCMP respond to fatal collision

July 27, 2022
RM of Springfield, Manitoba

News release

On July 27, 2022, at approximately 3:30 am, Oakbank RCMP received a report of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 1, near Provincial Road 207, known as Deacon's Corner. When officers arrived on scene, a 32-year-old male from Winnipeg was receiving medical attention and a SUV was resting on its roof in the westbound lane of the divided highway. The male was later pronounced deceased on scene.

Initial investigation has determined a SUV was travelling eastbound when it entered the ditch and rolled several times, landing on its roof facing west in the westbound lane of Highway 1.

The investigation is continuing with the assistance of a RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist.

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Contact information

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

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File number: 20221043564

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