Pair of accidents take place north of Neepawa

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Published on Thursday, November 5, 2015

Photo by Diane Ruzycki. On Friday afternoon, a collision on the Old Highway north of Neepawa sent both drivers to hospital. 

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

On Nov. 2, shortly after midnight, officers from the Neepawa RCMP were called to a collision involving two vehicles in the northbound lane on Highway 5, approximately 4 km north of Highway 16 in the RM of Rosedale.

Officers and emergency personnel arrived at the scene and found both vehicles with front end damage.  The driver of one of the vehicles, a 68 year-old female and her 70 year-old male passenger, both from Glenella-Lansdowne were pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 19 year-old male as well as a 20 year-old female passenger, both from Ebb and Flow First Nation were also pronounced deceased at the scene.

Spruce Plains RCMP haven’t released the names of the victims but have confirmed that none of the vehicles involved in the accident were stolen.

 At this time, contributing factors for the collision have not been confirmed. A RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist is assisting with the ongoing investigation.  Spruce Plains Acting Staff Sgt Mark Morehouse, said that autopsies are also being conducted on the victims as part of the investigation.

 An unrelated accident occurred on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 30, at the junction of 90N and the “Old Highway” between a gravel truck and a pick up.  Morehouse explained that in this accident, the driver of the semi went through a stop sign and will be issued a ticket. Both drivers were taken to hospital and later released.

Edit Nov 5: Information about vehicles involved