{"id":8753,"date":"2012-01-13T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=8753"},"modified":"2012-01-18T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:56:17","slug":"mafeking-man-injured-in-pine-river-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2012\/01\/13\/mafeking-man-injured-in-pine-river-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafeking Man Injured in Pine River Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"UPDATE: ValleyBiz has learned through local sources that the Swan River Fire Department was not dispatched to the scene and that members of the Pine River Fire Department provided assistance.
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\nRCMP Media Release | <\/p>\n

On January 12, 2012 just before 10:00 am the Parkland RCMP Detachment, along with the Winnipegosis Fire Department, Swan River EMS, and the Swan River Fire Department responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 10, 1 km north of Pine River in the RM of Mountain, MB. <\/p>\n

Initial investigation determined that a northbound 1992 Ford Ranger pickup truck crossed the center line and collided head on with a southbound semi truck. <\/p>\n

The driver of the semi truck, a 51 year old male from Austin, MB, was not injured. <\/p>\n

The driver of the Ford Ranger, a 50 year old male from Mafeking, Manitoba, sustained serious injuries. He was transported to hospital in Winnipeg by STARS Air Ambulance with serious, undetermined injuries.<\/p>\n

Their names will not be released.<\/p>\n

Two nurses and several other civilians stopped to provide first aid to the injured driver. <\/p>\n

Members of the RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstruction Unit and the RCMP Criminal Crash Investigation Team from Dauphin are assisting with the investigation. <\/p>\n

Highway #10 at Pine River was reduced to one lane of traffic for 2 hours during the investigation, but was re-opened at 12:00 p.m. <\/p>\n

Alcohol, seat belt use, and excessive speed are not considered factors in the collision at this time. <\/p>\n

Road conditions were reported to be good at the time of the collision. The highway was clear and dry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: ValleyBiz has learned through local sources that the Swan River Fire Department was not dispatched to the scene and that members of the Pine River Fire Department provided assistance. __________________ RCMP Media Release | On January 12, 2012 just before 10:00 am the Parkland RCMP Detachment, along with the Winnipegosis Fire Department, Swan River […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-8753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}