Two killed after head-on car crash in Manitoba

Two men are dead following a crash on Highway 16 east of Neepawa, Manitoba.

The crash took place just before 5 a.m. on Friday between Roads 74W and 75W and involved a pair of pickup trucks that crashed head-on.

One of the trucks was on the road after the crash, while the other was discovered in the ditch.

Both drivers, a 44-year-old from Gladstone and a 50-year-old from Sandy Bay First Nation, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Spruce Plains Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investigating the crash.