Oakbank RCMP are reporting that a 15-year-old Steinbach youth has recently died after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a train at a railway crossing in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, Manitoba.
On August 31, 2025, at 1:05pm, Oakbank and Beausejour RCMP responded to a report of a collision between a dirt bike and a train at the railway crossing situated on Pleasant Road (Road 38E), located just south of Highway 15, in the RM of Springfield.
Police investigation determined that a dirt bike, traveling south on Pleasant Road, and being operated by a 15-year-old male youth from Steinbach, collided into a westbound CN train.
RCMP report that the operator of the dirt bike was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Oakbank RCMP, along with CN Police and an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate this incident.
