3rd person dies following head-on Manitoba crash that killed Royal Canoe bassist, partner on Canada Day

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· Posted: Jul 03, 2025 10:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A 3rd idiosyncratic has died pursuing a fatal two-vehicle clang that claimed the lives of a bassist successful a Winnipeg indie-pop set and his spouse earlier this week, RCMP say.

Brendan Berg and Olivia Michalczuk died Tuesday, set Royal Canoe said successful a connection connected Instagram. Berg would person turned 43 Wednesday, the set said. Michalczuk was 31.

Mounties antecedently said investigators judge different conveyance was headed southbound connected Highway 10 erstwhile it veered implicit the centre enactment and crashed into the conveyance Berg and Michalczuk were inside, which constabulary fishy was parked. Berg and Michalczuk's conveyance rolled into the ditch.

The operator of the different vehicle, a 36-year-old Winnipeg man, and a 29-year-old rider from Swan River were some taken to infirmary with captious injuries.

In a quality merchandise connected Thursday, RCMP said the rider has since besides died from his injuries. The operator of that conveyance is inactive successful unchangeable information successful hospital.

Police said they responded to the head-on crash about 3 kilometres northbound of Bowsman, a assemblage northbound of Duck Mountain Provincial Park, around 3:30 p.m. connected Canada Day. The clang tract is astir 280 kilometres northwest of Brandon.

The 2 vehicles were successful a ditch and 1 was overturned erstwhile constabulary got there. Swan River RCMP proceed to investigate, on with an RCMP transgression collision probe squad and a postulation analyst, Mounties said.