Three people have died after a collision between a train and a van near Strathclair, Manitoba.
RCMP say on September 8th at 11:30 am, officers from the Yellowhead RCMP along with CP Police, responded to the scene on Road 126 West, about one kilometre east of Strathclair.
Investigators have determined that a van, with four occupants, being driven by a 27-year-old man from Dauphin, was travelling northbound on Road 126 West when the van was struck by a westbound CP train.
The driver of the van was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries while the three occupants of the van, a 45-year-old man from the Sandy Bay First Nation, 25-year-old man from the Waywayseecappo First Nation, and a 19-year-old man from Dauphin, were pronounced deceased on scene.
Officers from the Yellowhead Detachment along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist continue to assist CP Police in this investigation.
