Brendan Berg, bassist of Winnipeg-based indie-pop band Royal Canoe, was killed alongside along with his companion after being concerned in a head-on automobile collision on Tuesday.
The incident occurred round 3:330 p.m. native time on Freeway 10 in Bowsman, Manitoba, in keeping with CBC Information. Investigators consider a automobile was driving within the south lane when it veered over the middle line and crashed into Berg’s parked automobile sitting on the japanese fringe of the freeway, inflicting it to roll into the ditch. Berg was 42 years previous on the time of his demise, whereas his companion, Olivia Michalczuk, was 31. The 2 passengers within the different automobile had been taken to an space hospital with vital accidents.
“We’re all in a state of shock attempting to course of this tragic information,” Royale Canoe stated in an announcement posted to social media. “Brendan was the kindest, sweetest man you could possibly ever know, and his passing has left an unlimited gap within the lives of everybody who knew him.”
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