15-Year-Old Charged With Murder For Allegedly 'Intentionally' Hitting People With A Car

A 20-year-old died and a 27-year-old was taken to hospital after the incident in Manitoba.

​RCMP officers in Manitoba by cars on the road.

RCMP officers in Manitoba by cars on the road.

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According to RCMP, a 15-year-old in Manitoba has been charged with murder after allegedly driving and then "intentionally" hitting people with a car.

On June 7, RCMP Manitoba put out a notice that a 15-year-old female was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and assault with a weapon.

The teenager, who is from Sagkeeng Anicinabe, is being held in custody while waiting for a court appearance which is set to take place in Winnipeg on June 7.

RCMP Manitoba said that an investigation into a collision that happened on June 3 found that the accused 15-year-old female was driving and "intentionally struck the pedestrians."

At about 8:45 p.m. local time on that day, Powerview RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle collision involving two pedestrians on a trail in Powerview-Pine Falls near Dupont Street.

Powerview-Pine Falls is a town in Manitoba, about an hour and a half northeast of Winnipeg.

After the incident, a 20-year-old male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

Also, a 27-year-old female pedestrian was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries but no further details were provided about the female victim's condition.

Both of the victims were from the Powerview-Pine Falls community, according to RCMP Manitoba.

The investigation into what happened is continuing with Powerview RCMP getting help from a forensic collision reconstructionist, major crime services and forensic identification services.

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

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    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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