News release
Portage la Prairie RCMP respond to fatal single vehicle rollover
October 2, 2025
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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP
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On October 1, 2025, at 7:15 am, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a single vehicle rollover just off highway 16, south of Westbourne.
Officers arrived on scene to find a heavily damaged vehicle sitting in the north ditch. The local Fire department and EMS were also on scene.
The 27-year-old male driver from the RM of Woodlands, was declared deceased on scene.
The initial investigation has determined that the vehicle was travelling at a very high rate of speed northbound on highway 16, when it entered the ditch at the curve in the road.
Portage la Prairie RCMP, along with an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.