Manitoba government accused of failing to improve safety at St. Andrews intersection before fatal crash

Ian Froese · CBC News

· Posted: May 27, 2025 8:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Selkirk MLA Richard Perchotte says authorities inaction is to blasted aft an 18-year-old antheral was killed successful a clang astatine a road intersection helium antecedently warned the state about.

Last Wednesday, the young antheral from Stonewall, Man., died after a two-vehicle collision astatine the intersection of highways 8 and 67 successful the agrarian municipality of St. Andrews, astir 25 kilometres northbound of Winnipeg.

Perchotte, a Progressive Conservative MLA, has repeatedly asked the NDP government for information improvements astatine the aforesaid intersection.

He'd repeated his telephone connected 2 abstracted days successful question play anterior to the crash — May 8 and May 13.

"What does the curate person to accidental for her, and her only, inaction?" Perchotte asked Monday.

Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor responded by extending her condolences to the victim's family, adding the origin of the collision remains nether reappraisal by police.

Don't politicize death: NDP

Naylor aboriginal chastised Perchotte for his enactment of questioning.

"I hatred that, astatine a clip of their loss, that a question is truthful politicized similar this," she said.

The curate besides revealed the authorities is moving with the RM of St. Andrews connected "intersection betterment designs" — thing the state hadn't antecedently revealed, contempt twice being pressed connected the contented successful question play successful caller weeks.

In an interview, Naylor said the state is looking into information upgrades astatine the intersection arsenic portion of its enactment to adhd passing lanes on portions of the roughly 50-kilometre agelong of Highway 8 southbound of Gimli.

RM of St. Andrews Mayor Joy Sul said the municipality was notified of the planned improvements earlier this year. She's thrilled the authorities is acting connected the issue.

"In airy of the immense fig of accidents there, possibly the state would see making it a lighted intersection," she said.

The intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 67, which is westbound of Selkirk, has been the tract of numerous vehicle collisions implicit the years, Perchotte said.

Drivers travelling northbound oregon southbound on Highway 8 person a velocity bounds of 100 kilometres per hour, portion those heading westbound oregon eastbound connected Highway 67 are controlled by halt signs successful trying to cross 3 lanes of highway.

In the caller fatal crash, constabulary judge a semi-trailer was travelling southbound connected Highway 8 and an SUV, driven by the 18-year-old who was killed, was crossing the intersection connected Highway 67, heading west.

The operator of the semi-trailer, 43, was taken to infirmary with non-life-threatening injuries, constabulary said.

Naylor said enactment connected improving Highway 8 volition commencement aboriginal this year.