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RCMP investigate after 2 Winnipeg officers, Alberta man injured in crash

Two police officers were involved in a car crash alongside a 21-year-old man near Prawda, east of Winnipeg.

Officers taken to Winnipeg hospital where they were treated, then released

Close up of the RCMP logo on an RCMP car.
The accident happened on Highway 1, near Prawda in the rural municipality of Reynolds, Man., RCMP say. (David Bell/CBC)

A man from Alberta and two on-duty Winnipeg police officers were injured in a crash east of the city around 5:35 p.m. on Jan. 31, RCMP say.

The accident happened on Highway 1, near Prawda in the rural municipality of Reynolds, Man.

The 22-year-old male driver from Alberta was taken to a local hospital with no life-threatening injuries, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

The two officers were taken to a Winnipeg hospital where they were treated for their injuries and then released.

The accident was reported to the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba, which has decided to take a monitoring role in the RCMP investigation. The Independent Investigation Unit was created to investigate all serious incidents involving police officers in Manitoba.

"The incident did not result in a serious injury. The officers were treated and released from the hospital, therefore it does not meet the mandate of the IIU," the Independent Investigation Unit said in an email.

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