Motorcycle driver dies after crash with van near Gladstone, Man.
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A 21-year-old man is dead after a weekend crash between the motorcycle he was riding and a minivan near Gladstone, Man.
Neepawa RCMP responded to reports of a crash on Sunday shortly after noon on Highway 34 south of Highway 16 near Gladstone, about 135 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
Investigators believe a southbound motorcycle collided with a southbound minivan that was making a U-turn on the highway, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.
The motorcycle driver, a 21-year-old man from Austin, Man., died at the scene, RCMP said.
The 78-year-old minivan driver and a 73-year-old passenger weren’t injured, the news release said.
RCMP and forensic collision experts continue to investigate.
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