News briefs for September 26, 2020

A car fleeing police Saturday hit another vehicle, killing a woman.

A Winnipeg police traffic unit was in the area of Salter Street and Boyd Avenue about 1:30 p.m. when it tried to stop a vehicle, which then took off speeding, according to a press release.

The suspect vehicle struck another vehicle two blocks away on Andrews Street and Boyd Avenue. Four people from the vehicle that was hit, including an infant and child, and two from the suspect vehicle were taken to the hospital, most in serious or critical condition. An adult female from the car that was hit died from her injuries.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba is assuming responsibility for the investigation. No further information is being released today.

Sixty-five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Manitoba Saturday morning, bringing the total of active cases in the province to 545, with 84 per cent of those cases in the Winnipeg health region.

Of the newly identified cases announced Saturday, 56 are in the Winnipeg health region. Only one month ago, the capital city had 73 active cases, a figure which has now reached 456 — a 525 per cent increase in only 30 days. 

The remaining nine new cases announced Saturday include three in each of the Prairie Mountain, Interlake-Eastern, and Southern Health regions.

A number of public places have been identified by the province as sites of possible exposure, including four schools: St. John’s Ravenscourt (Sept. 14 and 16), John W. Gunn Middle School (Sept. 16 to 18), and Carberry’s Carberry Collegiate (Sept. 21) and R.J. Waugh Elementary (Sept. 21, a positive case on the bus, the province says).

Other public places listed as sites of possible exposure include a several restaurants: Joey’s Polo Park (Sept. 16, 8:30-11:30 p.m.); The Local Public Eatery (Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.); Bar Italia (Sept. 16, 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.); P.F. Changs on St. James Street (Sept. 12 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sept. 16 and 17 from 5 .m. to 10 p.m.); and Del Rios in Winkler (Sept. 16, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.)

A pedestrian was taken to hospital in serious condition overnight Friday when he was hit by a car on the corner of Portage and Memorial avenues, beside the downtown Hudson’s Bay building.

The man was still in hospital Saturday morning, a duty officer with the Winnipeg Police Service said.

At about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, a driver going eastbound down Portage hit the pedestrian, also knocking over a nearby streetlight stanchion. The driver was still at the scene when officers arrived, the duty officer said. He did not say whether charges had been laid or if the driver had been detained.

Overnight, the block was closed both east- and westbound, opening up again early Saturday morning.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing, police say.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in relation to a woman’s death this week in St. Theresa Point, RCMP say.

On Thursday morning, officers were called to a home in the small community, where a 35-year-old woman was found unresponsive. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

Kelton Wood, 18, now faces a charge of second-degree murder.

The investigation continues.