Three people are dead following a pair of related collisions on Highway 6 on Monday.
The incidents began around 3:45 p.m. on Monday about 40 kilometres south of Grand Rapids. According to RCMP, an SUV and minivan, which was operating as a handivan, were involved in a head-on crash.
RCMP officers, the Grand Rapids Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services came to the scene to help.
According to police, a 42-year-old woman, who was in the front seat of the minivan as a passenger, was taken to the Grand Rapids Nursing Station where she was pronounced dead.
One other passenger and the 54-year-old male driver of the van sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
A 23-year-old woman, who was the front-seat passenger of the SUV, died at the scene of the crash. The two other passengers and the driver of the SUV sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Mounties said early investigations have determined that the …