On July 9, 2026, at 5:55 pm, South Indian Lake RCMP responded to a single vehicle ATV collision on Airport Road in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN).

Officers responded immediately and arrived to find a group of people gathered around a seriously injured female on the road, and an ATV in the ditch.

Officers from South Indian Lake and paramedics from Manitoba Wildfire Service in Leaf Rapids, who had flown in to assist, provided medical aid to the victim until the trauma helicopter from Thompson arrived.

The 59-year-old female from OPCN, succumbed to her injuries at the scene. She was part of the local essential workers that remained in the community during the current evacuation order.

South Indian Lake RCMP continue to investigate.