Man, 39, dead after vehicle jumps median, hits light pole in East St. Paul

CBC

02-06-2025

A man is dead and another was airlifted to hospital after a vehicle jumped a median and crashed into a light pole just north of Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened on Highway 59 at Birds Hill Road in the rural municipality of East St. Paul, just north of Winnipeg, RCMP said in a news release Monday.
Mounties received a report about a southbound vehicle driving erratically on the highway around 5 p.m. on Saturday.
At the turn in the road at the intersection, the vehicle jumped over the median and crashed into a light pole, police said.
Two people who were travelling in the vehicle were extracted, RCMP said.
A 39-year-old passenger, a man from Winnipeg, died at the scene of the crash, police said.
The driver, a 31-year-old man from Winnipeg, was airlifted to hospital in critical but stable condition.
The crash remains under investigation, police said.