Mounties say they arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 230 in St. Andrews around 10:30 p.m. An investigation found an SUV heading west on Highway 230 entered the intersection when it was unsafe to do so and collided with a truck pulling a camper, which was heading north on Highway 8, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday. The truck, in which there were four people, rolled into the ditch. One of the passengers, a 20-year-old man from St Andrews, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 44-year-old woman, also from St Andrews, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The other two people in the truck – the 46-year-old driver and a 20-year-old woman – were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV, a 17-year-old boy from Winnipeg, suffered minor injuries. He was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, the release said. Selkirk RCMP and the Mounties’ Criminal Collision Investigation Team, along with a collision reconstructionist, are investigating, the release said.
