Two men are dead following two separate crashes on Manitoba highways early Saturday.

RCMP were called to the first crash around 1:20 a.m. after a northbound pickup truck rolled on Highway 13, roughly three kilometres north of Carman.

The driver, a 43-year-old man from Elm Creek, was ejected and died at the scene.

Police say the man wasn't wearing a seatbelt and alcohol is considered a factor.

Two hours later police were called to another crash, this time on Highway 6, three kilometres north of Ashern, after an SUV driven by a 24-year-old woman from Little Saskatchewan First Nation rolled.

While both the driver and her passenger, a 30-year-old man also from Little Saskatchewan First Nation, survived the initial crash, police say the man was subsequently hit and killed by a southbound pickup truck after he got out of&nbsp;the rolled SUV.

The driver of the SUV also suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Police say alcohol was not a factor in the SUV's initial crash.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 41-year-old man from Ashern, is facing multiple charges including impaired driving causing death.

Manitoba NDP had an 'over-sexualized, sexist and misogynist' culture, harassment report says

An interim report commissioned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against a former Manitoba MLA was presented Saturday to NDP members at their annual convention in Brandon.

Sandra DeLaronde,left, and Kemlin Nembhard, centre, headed up a Manitoba NDP commission formed in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against former NDP MLA and cabinet minister Stan Struthers. 'We have a ton of work to do,' said NDP Leader Wab Kinew, right, at the NDP's convention in Brandon, Man., on May 5, 2018.

NDP convention 2018

Sandra DeLaronde, left, and Kemlin Nembhard, centre, headed a Manitoba NDP commission formed in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against former NDP MLA and cabinet minister Stan Struthers. 'We have a ton of work to do,' said NDP Leader Wab Kinew, right, at the NDP's convention on Saturday.

'There have been barriers,' but Winnipeg police aim to boost number of women in force with recruiting event

Winnipeg's police chief stopped by a recruitment event Saturday to speak, in part, about the declining number of women police officers and steps he's taking to attract more to the force.

Sixty women take part in the second day of a recruitment event at the Winnipeg police headquarters May 5, 2018. The vent was organized by Manitoba RCMP, Canada Boarder Services and Winnipeg police to draw more women into their ranks. 

Women

Sixty women took part in the second day of a recruitment event at the Winnipeg police headquarters on Saturday. The event was organized by Manitoba RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency and Winnipeg police to draw more women into their ranks. 

Moderate to severe drought grips southern Manitoba

A dry winter exacerbated by a drier spring has left a wide swath of southern Manitoba in a state of moderate to severe drought, with much of the rest of the province classified as "abnormally dry."

A police officer walks the railway tracks along the area where a grass fire burned near Dugald Road and Bournais Drive on Sunday. 

Police at Dugald Road fire

A police officer walks the railway tracks along the area where a grass fire burned near Dugald Road and Bournais Drive in Winnipeg on April 29. Most of Manitoba is seeing moderate to severe drought conditions. Those dry conditions have led to numerous early-season grass fires and burn bans in the province.

Manitoba RCMP say alcohol played a role in two separate fatal crashes in the province early Saturday.

2 men killed in separate crashes in Manitoba Saturday

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