A boat with five people aboard was heading north on the Whitemud River when it collided with a southbound Sea-Doo with two people aboard, RCMP said. (David Bell/CBC)
A boat and Sea-Doo collided on a winding river in southern Manitoba on Saturday, leaving one person dead and another injured, RCMP say.
Police were called just before 4:30 p.m. to a bend on the Whitemud River in the rural municipality of Westlake-Gladstone, near Sportsman’s Corner Campground.
A boat with five people aboard was heading north on the river when it collided with a southbound Sea-Doo with two people aboard, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.
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The man and woman on the Sea-Doo were taken aboard the boat and transported to the campground where they were met by emergency crews.
A 39-year-old woman, who was the passenger on the Sea-Doo, was pronounced dead on scene. The 31-year-old man who was driving the Sea-Doo was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Both are from Portage la Prairie, police said.
No one on the boat was physically injured.
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