5 injured in East St. Paul crash between pickup trucks witnesses describe as chasing or racing, RCMP say

A crash on Raleigh Road just north of Winnipeg put five people in hospital and left debris from two pickup trucks scattered over a large area on Wednesday night, RCMP say.

Witnesses told RCMPthat agrey Nissan pickup and a grey Dodge Ram 1500 were driving erratically at high speed before the crash, and appeared to be racing or chasing each other, police said in a news release.

The pickupscrashed just south of Pritchard Farm Roadin East St. Paul, shortly after 8p.m.

Video from a home's nest camera shows the trucks colliding, and then one rolls while the other flips end over end.

The 29-year-old man who was drivingthe Nissan andthe occupants of the Ram a 23-year-old woman and three men, ages 37, 30 and 26 were all taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

No arrests have been made, RCMP said.

WATCH: Video from a nest camera shows the moment two pickup trucks collide, then flip and roll:

Pickup trucks flip after collision in East St. Paul

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Witnesses say two pickup trucks were racing or chasing each other before a crash on Raleigh Street north of Winnipeg on Wednesday.

Stacey Corden, whose backyard is alongside Raleigh Street near the crash site, said her boys were playing in the back when she heard the crash from the front yard.

"We just heard this huge screech and crash. Like, it was incredibly close," she said.

She grabbed her phone, called 911 and ran over, certain those involved would need help.

"Your stomach sinks, because I when you saw those cars, I am like, 'there is no way anybody survived that,'" she said. "That was my initial thought."

There weren't any fatalities, but there were several people at the scene, including a man whose shoes had blown off, she said.

One person was yelling "He's trying to get away!" The man who was yelling went over to a treed area, where Corden saw him hitting someone with what looked like a stick, she said.

She thinks the same man was later yelling at a woman and a man who hadbeen in the crash and were sitting near the road.

"He was yelling at that guy and girl sitting, [saying] 'Are you happy now? I told you this would happen! Look what you did!' Kind of stuff like that," Corden said.

The crash happened near baseball diamonds and a popular walking path, Corden said.

"I walk that path almost every day," she said.

Neighbour Darin Dieleman said he didn't witness the crash, but looked at the crash site later.

It's usually a quiet neighbourhood, he said, but lots of people use the walking path and the sports fields, and he's glad the diamonds weren't being used Wednesday.

"It's scary," he said. "Your typical weeknight, that place is loaded up with cars and families and kids everywhere."

Police ask anyone with informationor video surveillance to call Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or submit a secure tip online at manitobacrimestoppers.com.