A mother and her eight-year-old daughter are dead following a collision west of Altona Friday evening.
The two-vehicle crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 at the intersection of Provincial Road 201 and Provincial Road 306, about 13 kilometres west of Altona.
RCMP say a semi being driven by a 25-year-old man from Brampton, Ontario was travelling eastbound on Provincial Road 201 and failed to stop at the intersection with Provincial Road 306.
The semi struck an SUV being driven by a 35-year-old woman from the RM of Rhineland. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her eight-year-old female passenger was transported to hospital with life-threatening-injuries, which she later succumbed to.
The 25-year-old driver of the semi-trailer was transported to hospital where he was treated and released.
Pembina Valley RCMP continue to investigate and they say charges are anticipated.