2 killed in highway rollover south of The Pas, Man. - Action News
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2 killed in highway rollover south of The Pas, Man.

A woman, 21, and man, 23, were killed when they were ejected from a vehicle as it crashed and rolled on a highway in northern Manitoba onSunday afternoon, say RCMP.

4 people were in vehicle, driving from Winnipeg to The Pas, when crash happened

A close-up of the side of an RCMP vehicle.
RCMP say the driver of a vehicle overcorrected and lost control when the vehicle went onto the shoulder of the road. (David Bell/CBC)

A woman, 21, and man, 23, were killed when they were ejected from a vehicle as it crashed and rolled on a highway in northern Manitoba onSunday afternoon, say RCMP.

The 25-year-old woman who was driving the vehicle and an 18-year-old man who was a front seat passenger were sent to hospital with minor injuriesand later released.

Police say the vehicle was on Highway 60, about30kilometreseast of Highway 10, and headed toward The Pas around 4:45 p.m., when it went onto the shoulder. The driverovercorrected and lost control, RCMP said.

All four people were from Winnipeg. The two who died were riding in the back seat and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The RCMP continue to investigate.

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