woman from Portage la Prairie has died after the Sea-Doo she was riding on was struck by a boat over the weekend.
Mounties from Amaranth and Portage la Prairie responded to the crash at 4:25 p.m. on Saturday on the Whitemud River, located north of Road 81 North in the RM of Westlake-Gladstone.
RCMP said a boat heading north on the river with five people on it collided with the Sea-Doo, which was heading south, as they came around a bend in the river.
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Two people were riding the Sea-Doo and were taken on the boat, which headed to a nearby campground to meet with EMS.
The driver of the Sea-Doo, a 31-year-old man from Portage la Prairie, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, while the passenger, a 39-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No injuries were reported among the boat passengers.
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