Alcohol thought to be factor in fatal Hwy. 9 crash
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A Winnipeg man was killed when his motorcycle and a truck collided on Highway 9 on Saturday.
Selkirk RCMP were sent to the crash site near Mitchell Bay in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews at about 4 p.m.
Police said Monday the motorcycle was headed south on the highway when it collided with a three-ton truck that was turning westbound onto Mitchell.
The 30-year-old driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the collision, police said, and the licence of the 67-year-old driver of the truck was suspended under the Highway Traffic Act.
RCMP are investigating.