Manitoba highway reopens after 'serious' collision between motorcycle and truck hauling boat
CBC News | Posted: September 13, 2020 9:48 PM | Last Updated: September 13, 2020
Collision northeast of Selkirk was near the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 4 going southbound
Part of a highway northeast of Winnipeg was closed to traffic on Sunday afternoon after a collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle towing a boat.
The collision took place just northeast of Selkirk near the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 4 going southbound, according to a news release from Manitoba Infrastructure issued at about 2 p.m.
A CBC Manitoba reporter on the scene saw a motorcycle lying on one side of the highway, and a truck hauling a boat in a ditch on the other side.
RCMP tweeted that officers were on the scene of a "serious motor vehicle collision" and to avoid the area.
No information was immediately available on the condition of the people involved.
The road reopened at about 5:30 p.m.
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