Two women die in Highway 8 head-on collision

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Two women have died following a head-on collision on Highway 8 in the RM of St. Andrews.

Selkirk RCMP said officers were called to the scene near Whytewold Road at approximately 12:10 p.m. on Jan. 27.

Police said a vehicle travelling southbound on Highway 8 collided head-on with a northbound vehicle.

The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 26-year-old woman from the RM of Gimli, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the southbound vehicle, a 20-year-old woman from Winnipeg Beach, was taken to hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

Selkirk RCMP, along with a forensic collision reconstructionist and the Criminal Collision Investigation Team, continue to investigate the cause of the crash.

Lana Meier
Lana Meier
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