GRAND FORKS — Manitoba is seeing a high number of traffic fatalities this year, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
A news release sent Friday, Oct. 30, noted a “significant uptick.”
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For the year, the Manitoba RCMP has responded to 65 fatal collisions that have claimed the lives of 73 people. It’s an increase of 28% from this time last year, when 57 deaths had been recorded. It's also 28% above the five-year average, according to the release.
Twenty-five of the 73 people who have died in collisions this year were under the age of 30.
Just in October, the Manitoba RCMP responded to eight deadly collisions.