Cabbie, passenger dead after Salter Street collision
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Two men died in the Wednesday morning collision between a taxi and a sedan on Salter Street near Aberdeen Avenue, police said on Thursday.
Winnipeg Police Service officers raced to the intersection at about 6:30 a.m., where they found the cab driver, a man in his 40s, and his passenger, a man in his 50s, in critical condition. Paramedics took the men to hospital, where they later died.
The sedan driver, a woman in her late teens, and an adult passenger, had minor injuries.
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Police are probing the circumstances of the fatal collision at Salter Street near Aberdeen Avenue.
Traffic investigators believe the sedan was travelling west on Aberdeen Avenue when it collided with the cab that was southbound on Salter Street.
Drivers on Aberdeen Avenue are required to stop at Salter Street, where motorists have the right of way.
The collision caused extensive damage and rendered both vehicles inoperable.
Police believe speed and the manner of driving contributed to the collision.
Investigators have identified all of the people involved in the collision and are probing the circumstances. Police have not yet laid any charges.
The cab driver had a wife and two teenage children, said an official at Duffy’s Taxi on Wednesday.
Police have asked anyone with information on the crash, including relevant video surveillance or dashcam video, to call traffic investigators at 204-986-7085.
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