2 women dead after head-on crash on Highway 75 in Manitoba

Two women are dead after a head-on collisionon Highway 75, south of St. Norbert, Man.

• Brandon man, 27, dead after collision on Trans-Canada Highway
• 2 dead after truck going wrong way smashes into van near MacGregor, Man.

RCMPsay a car was going the wrong way on Highway 75 andcollided head-on with another car. The car going the wrong waythen hit the ditch and caught fire.

The 21-year-old driver from Winnipeg was transported to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the other car, a 26-year-old woman from Winnipeg, waspronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP say alcohol and speed were factors in Sunday'scrash, which has now brought the weekend death toll on Manitoba highways up to five.

On Friday night, two people died after a truck went the wrong way on the Trans-Canada Highway. That same nighta 27-year-old Brandon man died following a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway.