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CTV News
03-07-2025
- CTV News
Third person dies following Canada Day crash: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Manitoba RCMP says a third person has died following a two-vehicle crash in western Manitoba on Canada Day. The crash occurred on Highway 10 at approximately 3:30 p.m., about three kilometres north of Bowsman. RCMP believe a vehicle being driven south on Highway 10 near Road 224 veered over the highway line and hit a stationary vehicle on the eastern edge of the highway, causing a rollover. RCMP reported Wednesday that a 42-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman died in hospital. They have been identified as Brendan Berg, the bassist for Winnipeg band Royal Canoe, along with his partner Olivia Michalczuk. A 36-year-old man from Winnipeg who was driving the southbound vehicle and a 29-year-old passenger from Swan River were both hospitalized with critical injuries. On Thursday, RCMP said the 29-year-old passenger died from his injuries. The driver has been upgraded to stable condition. RCMP continues to investigate. -With files from CTV's Milan Lukes and The Canadian Press
CBC
03-07-2025
- CBC
3rd person dies following head-on Manitoba crash that killed Royal Canoe bassist, partner on Canada Day
A third person has died following a fatal two-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of a bassist in a Winnipeg indie-pop band and his partner earlier this week, RCMP say. Brendan Berg and Olivia Michalczuk died Tuesday, band Royal Canoe said in a statement on Instagram. Berg would have turned 43 Wednesday, the band said. Michalczuk was 31. Mounties previously said investigators believe another vehicle was headed south on Highway 10 when it veered over the centre line and crashed into the vehicle Berg and Michalczuk were inside, which police suspect was parked. Berg and Michalczuk's vehicle rolled into the ditch. The driver of the other vehicle, a 36-year-old Winnipeg man, and a 29-year-old passenger from Swan River were both taken to hospital with critical injuries. In a news release on Thursday, RCMP said the passenger has since also died from his injuries. The driver of that vehicle is still in stable condition in hospital. Police said they responded to the head-on crash about three kilometres north of Bowsman, a community north of Duck Mountain Provincial Park, around 3:30 p.m. on Canada Day. The crash site is approximately 280 kilometres northwest of Brandon.
CBC
02-07-2025
- CBC
Head-on crash kills Royal Canoe bassist, partner in western Manitoba on Canada Day
The bassist in Winnipeg indie-pop band Royal Canoe and his partner died on Canada Day after the vehicle they were in was struck along a highway in western Manitoba, RCMP say. Brendan Berg and his partner, Olivia Michalczuk, died Tuesday, Royal Canoe said in a statement on Instagram. Berg would have turned 43 Wednesday, the band said. Michalczuk was 31. "We are all in a state of shock trying to process this tragic news. Brendan was the kindest, sweetest man you could ever know, and his passing has left an enormous and sudden hole in the lives of everyone who knew him," the band stated on Instagram. In a statement, Manitoba RCMP said they responded to a head-on collision at about 3:30 p.m. on Canada Day on Highway 10, about three kilometres north of Bowsman, a community north of Duck Mountain Provincial Park. The site of the accident was approximately 280 kilometres northwest of Brandon. The two vehicles were in a ditch and one was overturned when police got there. Paramedics and firefighters were helping the occupants of the cars, the RCMP stated. Investigators believe one of the vehicles was headed south on Highway 10 when it veered over the centre line and crashed into a parked vehicle sitting on the eastern edge of the highway, causing it to roll into the ditch, RCMP stated. Berg and Michalczuk were in the vehicle that rolled over. They were both taken to hospital and later succumbed to their injuries, the Mounties said. The driver of the other vehicle, a 36-year-old Winnipeg man, and a 29-year-old passenger from Swan River were both taken to hospital with critical injuries. RCMP continue to investigate the crash.
CTV News
02-07-2025
- CTV News
Two dead after head-on collision: Swan River RCMP
A head-on collision on Canada Day has left two people dead and another two with critical injuries. On Tuesday at approximately 3:30 p.m., Swan River RCMP responded to a crash on Highway 10, around three kilometres north of the community of Bowsman, Man. RCMP said when officers arrived at the scene, they observed two vehicles on the east side of the ditch—one of which was overturned. Emergency medical services and the local fire department were helping the occupants of the vehicles. Investigators believe the vehicle headed south on Highway 10 near Road 224 North, veered over the centre line and collided with a stationary vehicle on the eastern edge of the highway, causing a rollover. A 42-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman who were in the vehicle that rolled were transported to the hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries, according to RCMP. A 36-year-old man from Winnipeg who was driving the southbound vehicle and a 29-year-old passenger from Swan River, were taken to hospital with critical injuries. Swan River RCMP along with the RCMP Criminal Collision Investigation Team and a traffic analyst, continue to investigate the crash.
