Woman dies after collision on Whitemud River
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A Portage la Prairie woman was killed when a boat and a personal watercraft collided on the Whitemud River this weekend.
RCMP were called at about 4:25 p.m. Saturday after the crash north of Road 81 North in the Rural Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone.
A boat with five people onboard travelling north on the river and a southbound Sea-Doo collided as they came around a bend in the river, police said in a news release Monday.
The two injured people on the Sea-Doo were taken aboard the boat, which returned to a nearby campground to meet with emergency crews.
The 39-year-old passenger on the personal watercraft was pronounced dead at the scene. The 31-year-old Portage la Prairie man operating the Sea-Doo was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Amaranth RCMP are investigating.