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Driver, 81, dies after head-on highway crash

CBC News | Posted: August 21, 2019 6:56 PM | Last Updated: August 21, 2019

Crash happened on Highway 6 near Road 79 North in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands

Image | Highway 6 crash

Caption: Highway 6 near Road 79 North in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands was closed for several hours Tuesday afternoon after two vehicles collided head on, killing an 81-year-old driver. (Jaison Empson/CBC)

An 81-year-old man died after a crash Tuesday afternoon near Stonewall, Man.
The crash happened on Highway 6 near Road 79 North in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands.
The man, from Eriksdale, Man., was trying to pass a car.
He pulled his vehicle into head-on traffic and hit a pickup truck. The man, who police say was wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene.
The 52-year-old driver of the truck was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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