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A 77-year-old woman is dead following a two-vehicle crash near Brandon on Saturday night.

Police say an SUV travelling south of Provincial Road 250 was attempting to cross the Trans Canada Highway when it was hit by a westbound truck.

Both occupants of the SUV were sent to the hospital with critical injuries, with the driver succumbing to her injuries. 

The two women in the truck were not physically injured.

Alcohol was not believed to be a factor.