News release
Update - Portage la Prairie RCMP respond to fatal collision on Highway 16
August 29, 2025
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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP
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As a result of the ongoing investigation by Portage la Prairie RCMP, a warrant of arrest has been issued for 48-year-old Kevin Maytwayashing of Winnipeg.
Maytwayashing was behind the wheel of a SUV that collided head-on with another SUV, killing a 50-year-old female. He has been charged with the following:
- Operation while impaired over 80mg%
- Operation while impaired causing death
- Dangerous operation causing death
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
If anyone has any information on the whereabout of Maytwayashing who is believed to be in the Winnipeg area, they are asked to contact the Portage la Prairie RCMP at 204-857-4445, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.
The investigation continues.
The attached photo is from 2003. It is the most recent photo of Kevin Maytwayashing available to Manitoba RCMP.
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November 27, 2024
On November 25, 2024, at approximately 5:40 pm, a Manitoba First Nations Police officer, who was travelling along Highway 16, came upon a two-vehicle collision near Macdonald, located approximately 25 kilometres north-west of Portage la Prairie.
RCMP officers from Portage la Prairie, along with EMS and the local fire department, attended the scene.
The investigation has determined that a southbound SUV, being driven by a 47-year-old male from Winnipeg, veered over the center line and collided head-on with a northbound SUV, being driven by a 50-year-old female from Winnipeg. Visibility may have been a factor in the collision.
The 50-year-old was pronounced deceased on scene. The 47-year-old was transported to local hospital and then to Winnipeg for further treatment.
Portage la Prairie RCMP, along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.