5-year-old boy dies after truck crashes into trees in western Manitoba

Manitoba

A five-year-old boy died after a truck he was travelling in crashed into trees and rolled in a west-central Manitoba community on Sunday, RCMP say.

Truck left the road, hit the ditch, drove into trees and rolled, RCMP say

The front of a police car.
RCMP say the driver and his passenger, both adults, weren’t injured in the crash. (David Bell/CBC)

A five-year-old boy died after a truck he was travelling in crashed into trees and rolled in a west-central Manitoba community on Sunday, RCMP say.

Just before 4:30 p.m., RCMP were called to a crash on Highway 272 on the western shore of Lake Winnipegosis, near Duck Bay, Man., police said in a news release on Monday.

Investigators say two adult men were driving northbound in a pickup truck when it left the roadway, drove into the ditch, collided with a row of trees and rolled.

The 38-year-old driver and a 32-year-old passenger, both from Pine Creek First Nation, were not injured.

The five-year-old boy was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Police say he wasn’t properly restrained in the vehicle.

RCMP continue to investigate.

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