Highway 12 was closed in both directions around Road 28 N until noon on Monday.

RCMP say the driver of the pickup truck is a 44-year-old male from Winnipeg while the driver of the semi truck carrying over 500 hogs is a 27-year-old male from Steinbach. Both drivers were transported to the Bethesda Regional Health Centre by ground ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.

They add the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been laid at this time.

 

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A semi truck and pickup truck collision at 8:30 this morning has sent two to hospital.

The collision occurred at the intersection of Highway 12 and Road 28 N, six miles south of Steinbach. Hanover Fire Chief Paul Wiebe says there was one occupant in each vehicle and both have been transferred by ground ambulance to the Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach with non-life threatening injuries.

STARS Air Ambulance attended the scene but left without a patient.

Wiebe adds the semi truck was carrying over 500 hogs, all of which did not sustain injuries. He notes the trailer full of hogs were transferred off scene as soon as possible for the animal's health. 

The scene will be closed as crews clear the scene and RCMP investigate the cause of the collision. Traffic is being diverted while the portion of highway is closed.