Watchdog to investigate fatal Winnipeg crash that sent two kids to hospital
One person is dead and several others are injured, including an infant and a child, after a collision in Winnipeg’s North End Saturday afternoon. Alex Karpa reports.
Posted September 27, 2020 1:20 pm.
Winnipeg police say a woman has died and five others – including a baby and a child – were sent to hospital after a crash on Saturday afternoon.
They say the collision happened after officers tried to pull a vehicle over, but it sped away.
Police say that “within seconds” the fleeing vehicle hit a second vehicle at an intersection.
Four people from the struck vehicle – including the woman who died, the infant and the child – were sent to hospital.
They say two people in the fleeing vehicle were also sent to hospital.
Police say the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba will take over the investigation.
