Crash on Perimeter Highway leaves 73-year-old man dead

A 73-year-old mandied after acrash Monday evening between asemi-trailer truck and an SUV on Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway.

RCMPconfirmed the fatality Tuesday morning.

The crash happenedaround 6 p.m.on the Perimeter at Oakland Road, near Oak Bluff.

The semiwas coming off Oakland andattempting to turn north onto the Perimeter Highway, RCMP said. It drove across the southbound lane and waited for traffic to clear in the northbound lane.

While waiting there, with the trailer blocking partof the southbound lanes, an SUV driven by the73-year-old man slammed into it.

The 73-year-old man was pronounced deadat the scene. The driver of the semi was not injured.

Witnessestold RCMPthat just prior to the crash, a differentSUVswerved around the semi-trailer to avoid hitting it, then kept going.

Police want to speak to the driver of thatSUV or anyone else who might have witnessed the crash.RCMP can be contacted at204-984-6913.

The southbound lanes of the Perimeter Highway were closed for almostfour hours before reopening around 9:40 p.m.