The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a man and a woman died after the tornado hit a tornado on a farm in western Manitoba on Friday night and carried a vehicle believed to have exceeded one kilometer.
Police said they arrived at the farm near Highway 83 south of Wilden shortly after 8pm. They said the property was severely damaged and two vehicles were thrown into nearby fields.
Searching for the first vehicle close to the road was a 54-year-old man from the First Nations in the Sioux Valley and Dakota State. He was taken to the hospital but was seriously injured but not life-threatening.
On Friday night, the violent tornado south of MB Virden was shared with us by Trisha-Crystal Courchene. #Manitoba#mbwx#tornado#Wilden
The officers positioned the second vehicle one kilometer away. Together with other first responders, they found the bodies of a man and a woman, 18 years old, from Melita, Manitou.
The personnel with the EMS continued to search for other possible victims in the area, but were not found.
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