Peguis woman dead in crash

A 71-year-old woman is dead after her truck went into the ditch near Inwood Sunday.

Gimli RCMP were called to the scene, on Highway 17, at 10:30 a.m., a Monday news release said. Officers learned the woman veered off the road and into a ditch where she struck a large berm.

The woman, from Peguis First Nation, died at the scene. Her passenger, a 37-year-old man also from Peguis, was taken to hospital in Winnipeg with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation continues.