Two killed in separate rollover crashes

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Two people are dead after separate rollover crashes in rural Manitoba last week.

Dauphin RCMP were sent to a crash site on Road 140 North in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore at 11:45 p.m. Friday.

The driver, a 59-year-old Ochre River woman, had been pulled from the vehicle by several passersby. She was later pronounced dead.

Investigators believe the driver lost control when the eastbound vehicle crossed a rail line on the gravel road. The vehicle went into a water-filled ditch and rolled.

The driver of an off-road vehicle was killed when it rolled over in Minithayinikam, also known as St. Theresa Point First Nation, on Wednesday.

Island Lake RCMP were contacted about the incident at 2:15 a.m. Officers determined a 31-year-old man was driving the side-by-side utility-terrain vehicle when he lost control “as a result of driving carelessly,” RCMP said.

The man, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was ejected from the UTV and declared dead at the nursing station. A 34-year-old woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was treated at the nursing station and released.