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Three dead, boy injured in spate of traffic collisions

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 11/12/2011 1:00 AM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

Three people died in separate motor vehicle collisions on rural Manitoba highways Friday, and one boy was in critical condition but improving Friday night after a pedestrian collision in Winnipeg.

Two elderly women were killed in an afternoon crash between a car and a gravel truck near Steinbach, RCMP said.

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The collision occurred on Highway 12 at the intersection of Clearspring Road at 3 p.m. Both occupants of the car died at the scene. Their names were not released.

The 18-year-old gravel truck driver from the area was not injured.

Investigators believe the driver of the car went through a red light.

One witness said she saw the wreckage on her way back to Winnipeg from Steinbach and offered her condolences.

"The car was underneath the truck," she said of the accident scene.

About 12 hours earlier, a 15-year-old boy died after the car he was riding in careened out of control near Selkirk. Police say drunk driving may be to blame.

Selkirk RCMP and emergency workers were called to the scene of the crash, which happened just west of the Lockport Bridge on Highway 44.

RCMP believe a 19-year-old man was behind the wheel of the car, heading west at about 3 a.m. on the highway, when he lost control and the car rolled.

A younger teen was thrown from the vehicle and died from his injuries. His name will not be released.

The driver and another male passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

RCMP reported alcohol and speed are believed to have contributed to the crash. The investigation is ongoing.

In the third incident, Winnipeg police blocked northbound lanes on Salter Street at the foot of the Slaw Rebchuk Bridge Friday afternoon following a collision in which a boy was hit by a car.

Police said it appeared from witness accounts the collision was unavoidable.

One witness, who did not want to give his name, said he saw a small boy, who he guessed was under 15, run out onto Salter just before he was hit by a car.

The witness said he saw the boy fall to the pavement, bleeding heavily from a head injury.

The boy did not move and it was hard to tell if he was conscious, the witness said.

Within minutes, police arrived along with an ambulance that took the injured boy from the scene.

By Friday night, police reported the boy's condition, initially critical, had improved and his outlook was promising.

The driver of the car involved in the collision was questioned by police at the scene, the witness said.

A cadet cruiser blocked off both lanes of traffic northbound on Salter Street at Dufferin Avenue until close to 8 p.m., when the last cruiser cleared the scene.

Police strung tape across both lanes of traffic a block north at Stella Avenue and another police car guarded that end of the scene.

A small grey car was parked a few metres north of Stella and Salter and a pair of shoes were spotted nearby on the curb.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 12, 2011 B1

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