A teenage girl is dead after police say she was hit by a vehicle while walking on a private road in rural Manitoba on Monday.
Blue Hills RCMP were called to the crash on the private road off Road 95 West, near the Trans-Canada, in the RM of North Cypress Langford, around 9:25 p.m.
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Police say a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old male from Douglas had been heading west on the private road when it hit the teen, also from Douglas.
On the evening of Nov 30, Blue Hills #rcmpmb responded to a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision on a road near Douglas, MB. A westbound vehicle, being driven by a 17yo male, struck a 15yo female as she walking along the road. The 15yo later died in hospital. Investigation ongoing.
— RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) December 2, 2020
The 15-year-old girl was rushed to hospital where she later died.
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Local RCMP are continuing to investigate with help from a forensic collision reconstructionist.
Douglas is roughly 184 km west of Winnipeg.
