By Canadian Press

Multiple people killed in Trans-Canada Highway crash in western Manitoba: report

Jun 15, 2023 | 2:06 PM

WINNIPEG – A crash has closed a section of the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man.

RCMP have posted on social media that are on the scene of a very serious collision near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 5.

The STARS air ambulance service says it has been dispatched to the scene.

The Health Sciences Centre has been placed in code orange a term that means preparing for a mass casualty event.

Winnipeg-based media are reporting the collision was between a semi-truck and a Handi-Transit van, and the death toll could be as high as 15 people.

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The Manitoba government says all lanes of Highway 1 in both directions have been closed over a 6.4-kilometre stretch.

Carberry is 170 kilometres west of Winnipeg.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 15, 2023.

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