ManitobaA 20-year-old man from Stuartburn died Tuesday morning after a water truck and a gravel truck collided on Highway 1 east of Brandon, RCMP say.Stuartburn man died when water truck rear-ended gravel truck east of Brandon, RCMP sayCBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2025 1:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 23The gravel truck was getting up to speed after turning onto Highway 1 from Curries Landing Road, RCMP say. (David Bell/CBC)A 20-year-old man from Stuartburn died Tuesday morning after a water truck and a gravel truck collided on Highway 1 east of Brandon, RCMP say.Blue Hills RCMP responded around 7:30 a.m. on July 22 to the crash near the intersection with Curries Landing Road about 11 kilometres east of Highway 10.The gravel truck had been rear-ended by a water truck, police said.The gravel truck was getting up to speed travelling eastbound after turning onto Highway 1 from Curries Landing Road, when it was struck from behind by the large truck hauling a water tank, RCMP said in a news release.The 22-year-old driver of the water truck, from Tolstoi, suffered minor injuries from the collision. The 20-year-old man from Stuartburn who died at the scene was his passenger.The 59-year-old male driver of the gravel truck, from the rural municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was not physically injured.Everyone was wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision, police said.Blue Hills RCMP and the RCMP criminal collision investigative team continue to investigate.
Water truck passenger killed in Highway 1 collision in Manitoba
