A teenage driver from Winnipeg is facing a number of charges after a crash in the rural municipality of St. Andrews Monday night that left a 20-year-old man dead.
Selkirk RCMP said the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 230, and based on their investigation, a westbound SUV entered the intersection when it was unsafe to do so and crashed into a northbound pickup truck.
The truck rolled, killing one of its three passengers. The driver and two other occupants, all from St. Andrews, were taken to hospital with various injuries.
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Police said the driver of the SUV, 17, suffered minor injuries in the collision and has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
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RCMP continue to investigate with the help of a forensic collision reconstructionist.
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