19-year-old dies in head-on crash in southern Manitoba

A 19-year-old man is dead and a33-year-old man is in hospital after a Monday morning crash in southern Manitoba.

RCMPwere called out around 8 a.m.Monday to Provincial Road 2 N., between provincial roads 41 W.and43 W., at the crest of a hill in the Pembina Valley.

AnSUV, driven by the 19-year-old, was on fire and upside downin the middle of the road when officers arrived, RCMP said in a Tuesday news release. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 33-year-old, the driver of apickup truck hauling an empty cattle trailer, was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Both men were the only people intheir vehicles.

Police said the two vehicles crashed head-on.

Alcohol was not a factor, though it appears speed may have been, RCMP said, adding it is unknown at this point in the investigation if the 19-year-old was wearing a seatbelt.

A forensic collision reconstructionist is helpingwith the ongoing investigation.

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