1 person dead, 1 seriously injured following rollover on ice road

One person is dead and another seriously injured following a collision in eastern Manitoba. 

Little Grand Rapids RCMP and Pauingassi First Nation Safety officers were called to a single-vehicle rollover on the Fishing Lake winter ice road on Friday, just before 4 p.m.

The two occupants of the vehicle, who were not wearing seatbelts, were transported to a nearby Nursing Station with life-threatening injuries. 

The 43-year-old passenger was pronounced dead at the Nursing Station, and the 41-year-old driver was airlifted to Winnipeg in critical condition, where he was later upgraded to stable.

Little Grand Rapids RCMP continue to investigate the cause of the rollover.