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Volume 136 Issue 25 Friday, August 31, 2018 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

RCMP
Officer
Truck Troubles On Highway 16
Seriously
Wounded
Near Onanole
A s we go to press, we
learn of a serious
incident near Onanole
in which a male RCMP
officer sustained seri-
ous injuries after be-
ing shot near Onanole
Wednesday night.
STARS air ambulance
transported the officer
to hospital at approxi-
mately 10:20 p.m. that
evening.
A heavy police
presence was dis-
patched to the small,
normally quiet com-
munity just south of
Riding Mountain Na-
tional Park and resi-
dents in the area were
encouraged to lock all
windows and doors
and call 911 immedi-
ately if they witnessed
any suspicious or un-
usual activity in the Local emergency crews were called
area. out to two seperate truck incidents west
Police were search- of town on Highway #16 this week.
ing for three suspects At right, on Tuesday afternoon at
in connection with the approximatley 2:30, a delivery truck
shooting. The suspects driver experienced a front-end
were considered armed
malfunction and while trying to keep
and dangerous and
were located and tak-
the truck travelling eastbound, the
en into police custody malfunction threw his truck into
early Thursday morn- the ditch causing it to rollover.
ing. Above, the local fire crew responded
No further infor- to a rear wheel fire on a semi
mation was available at truck Wednesday morning.
press time. Fortunately, no one sustained any Photos by Don Burgess
injuries in either of the incidents.

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