Six-year-old dies after crash in rural Manitoba
RCMP are investigating a crash that left a young boy dead.
Alexa MacLean/Global NewsA six-year-old boy is dead after a crash in the RM of Hanover last month.
The collision happened on May 31 at the intersection of Highway 52 and Provincial Road 216.
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RCMP said the two cars collided as the vehicle heading westbound on Highway 52 was trying to make a left turn onto the 216.
The 23-year-old woman from the RM of Hanover driving the eastbound car was brought to hospital with minor injuries.
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The 26-year-old woman from St. Malo turning left suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Her six-year-old son was brought to hospital with life-threatening injuries, and he succumbed to those injuries on Monday.
Officers from the St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP detachment are continuing their investigation alongside the RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist.
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