Semi truck crash kills woman, child outside Altona

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RCMP anticipate laying criminal charges against a tractor-trailer driver who’s accused of blowing through a stop and slamming into a woman’s SUV at a rural intersection outside Altona, killing the woman and her eight-year-old passenger.

Pembina Valley Mounties were called to the intersection of Provincial Road 201 and Provincial Road 306, about 13 kilometres west of Altona, at about 7 p.m. on Friday.

RCMP say they’ve determined the semi-truck, headed east on PR 201, failed to stop at the intersection and collided with an SUV headed south on PR 306.

The driver of the SUV, a 35-year-old woman from the Rural Municipality of Rhineland, died at the scene. Her eight-year-old passenger, a girl, was rushed to hospital, where she died.

The tractor-trailer driver, a 25-year-old man from Brampton, Ont., was taken to hospital and treated. RCMP say they’re still investigating but are considering charges.