2 people taken to hospital after separate crashes involving motorcycles in Winnipeg
One person was taken to hospital in unstable condition after a crash between a motorcycle and a car at around 9:40 p.m. on Osborne Street near Don Avenue, Winnipeg police said.
The person has since been upgraded to stable, a police spokesperson said in an email Friday morning.
Emergency responders were on scene Thursday evening. A badly damaged car with airbags deployed was parked on the side of the road, while a motorcycle missing its front wheel sat nearby.
Earlier that evening, a motorcyclist was airlifted after a collision near the westbound Perimeter Highway and Pembina Highway.
Police said the single-vehicle crash happened at around 7:30 p.m. A man in his early 20 was airlifted to hospital in critical condition. A news release issued Friday around noon said he remained unstable with serious injuries.
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