Man dead, woman critically injured after single-vehicle rollover in Sagkeeng

One man is dead and a woman is fighting for her life after they were ejected from an SUV during a single-vehicle rollover in Sagkeeng First Nation early Saturday morning.

Mounties from the Powerview detachment responded to the crash around 5 a.m. and arrived on scene to find the vehicle’s occupants lying on the road with serious injuries, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

One of the victims, a 30-year-old man from Sagkeeng, died Monday as a result of injuries suffered during the collision. A 19-year-old woman, also from the First Nation, remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries, the release said.

Police believe the SUV was travelling east on North Shore Road when it left the roadway and rolled into the ditch. Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Investigators have not determined who was driving, RCMP said.