A 17-year-old Winnipeg boy was arrested after a fatal crash Monday that killed one person and sent three others to hospital.
Around 10:30 p.m., RCMP officers were called to a crash between an SUV and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 230 in the RM of St. Andrews.
Mounties investigated the crash and determined the driver of the SUV was traveling westbound on Highway 230 when he entered the intersection when it was unsafe to do so. Police said the SUV crashed into a pickup truck with a camper traveling northbound on the 8 Freeway.
The pickup, in which there were four people, overturned in a ditch.
One of the passengers in the truck, a 20-year-old man, died on the spot.
Another passenger, a 44-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver, a 46-year-old man, and the third passenger, a 20-year-old woman, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the jeep, a 17-year-old boy who was the only person in the car, suffered minor injuries. He was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
RCMP officers are continuing to investigate the crash.
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