Manitoba man killed in crash with gravel truck

A man is dead after police say he crashed into the back of a gravel truck in the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester Monday.

RCMP were called after the man was found injured next to his pickup truck off Road 125 West, near the intersection with Hwy 3, around 3:10 p.m.

Police say the pickup truck had crashed into the rear trailer of a large gravel truck without the driver of the gravel truck noticing.

They say the gravel truck continued driving on while the injured man’s pickup truck ended up in a nearby field.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 22-year-old man from the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester, was rushed to hospital where he later died.

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