One dead in overnight crash involving semi-truck: RCMP

RCMP cruiser

One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash on a Manitoba highway overnight on Wednesday.

A RCMP spokesperson told CTV News that officers from the St. Pierre-Jolys detachment responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 59 near Prefontaine Road in the RM of Tache at 12:21 a.m.

They said a vehicle collided with a semi-truck, and the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.

The road is blocked at Highway 311, and RCMP said the southbound lane is also blocked at Provincial Road 210. No detour is in place.

The closure is expected to last several hours.

This story will be updated.