Manitoba

Nova Scotia man, 59, dies in head-on crash between 2 semis in northern Manitoba

A 59-year-old trucker from Nova Scotia was pronounced dead at the scene of a semi-trailer truck collision in northern Manitoba early Wednesday morning.

Semi crossed into oncoming traffic lanes and collided with another truck, RCMP say

A close-up of the side of an RCMP vehicle.
The Pas RCMP are investigating the Wednesday morning collision with a forensic collision reconstructionist. (David Bell/CBC)

A 59-year-old trucker from Nova Scotia was pronounced dead at the scene of a semi-trailer truck collision in northern Manitoba early Wednesday morning.

Police received a report that two semis had collided on Highway 10 just south of the Pas shortly after midnight, RCMP said in a news release. 

The 59-year-old man from Truro, N.S., was driving a southbound semi that crossed over into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a semi being driven by a 22-year-old man from Assiniboia, Sask.

The 59-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and the 22-year-old was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. 

The Pas RCMP and a forensic collision reconstructionist are investigating.