Virden RCMP respond to fatal vehicle-tractor collision

September 17, 2024
RM of Sifton, Manitoba

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On September 16, 2024, at approximately 9:05 am, Virden RCMP received a report of a collision between an SUV and a farm tractor on Highway 21, located just south of Provincial Road 543, in the RM of Sifton.

The investigation has determined that an SUV, determined to have been stolen from Winnipeg, was travelling southbound on Highway 21, when it veered over the center line and collided head-on with a northbound farm tractor.

The 31-year-old male driver of the southbound SUV, from Stonewall, was pronounced deceased on scene. The 21-year-old male driver of the farm tractor was not physically injured.

Virden RCMP, along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.

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File number: 2024-1364110

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