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A crash on Corydon Avenue early Sunday turned a pickup truck into a "mangled" heap and killed one man and left another seriously injured, area residents say.

"It was horrific," said Robert Elms, who lives on the 16th floor of Tuxedo Towers, with which the truck collided, at 1975 Corydon.

He said dozens of residents rushed downstairs to see what was going on, and they were joined by residents from homes across the street. He said initially, it sounded as though someone had smashed the glass on their balcony door while slamming it shut.

"It looked like something out of a science fiction movie. It was surreal," Elms said.

'You couldn't tell if it was a truck or not. It was upside down and just mangled' ‐ Tuxedo Towers resident Lois Bergen

The collision took place at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday. Police investigators said two men were in a Ford F150 heading east on Corydon near Edgeland Boulevard when it appears the driver lost control and collided with the apartment building.

"You couldn’t tell if it was a truck or not. It was upside down and just mangled," said Lois Bergen, another Tuxedo Towers resident.

Both occupants of the black pickup were 25 years old and were taken to hospital. One man was pronounced dead and the other was in critical condition. Both are from the Winnipeg area.

Police did not name either victim Sunday, but both CTV and Global News reported Cody Galbraith had died in the crash and Jordan Allarie was in critical condition.

Friends of the two men mourned Galbraith’s death as they expressed hope for Allarie’s recovery in an outpouring of social-media posts Sunday.

Steve Farkas, the Tuxedo Towers caretaker since the mid-1990s, said he has never seen such an accident there.

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg Police were at the scene of a fatal car accident that involved a single pickup truck that was driving at a high speed. It lost control close to the intersection of Corydon Avenue and Edgeland Boulevard, hitting an apartment building. The two occupants of the truck were transported to hospital in critical condition. A 25-year-old man has since died while the other 25-year-old man remains in critical condition.

"The paramedics pulled out the driver, put him on the ground and applied pressure to his chest. I didn’t hear any noise or sounds. Then they covered him with a sheet," he said.

"This was a very violent collision, and it is very sad for us to report today that a 25-year-old male has lost his life as a result of this collision, and another 25-year-old male is still fighting for his life," said Const. Jason Michalyshen of the Winnipeg Police Service.

"We’re doing everything we can to identify exactly what’s taken place, and we’re going to support the family in every way we can."

Investigators said speed appeared to be a factor in the collision.

"I’ve spoken to investigators directly involved, and I certainly get the sense that this without a doubt is probably one of the more significant collisions that they have observed," said Michalyshen.

The pickup went over the boulevard, knocking down a tree, and then collided with a berm before knocking down a fence and ultimately crashing into the building, said Michalyshen.

"In light of what we’re seeing, we’re very thankful no one else was seriously injured or killed as a result of this collision," he said.

Piecing the evidence together Sunday afternoon, Elms postulated the truck hit the median with the left front tire, causing it to blow, evidenced by marks where it appears a tire rim was grinding along the road. He said it appeared the truck then bounced back towards the median and went sideways, if the skid marks on the boulevard were any indication. After creating an almost three-metre divot in a berm just to the west of the apartment building, it appeared to clear a two-metre metal fence before hitting a large tree and crashing to the ground.

The force from the collision caused one tire to careen through a first-storey window into the apartment building’s multipurpose room, destroying the air-conditioning system.

The vehicle dug up so much dirt from the berm, earth and tufts of grass were strewn about the building’s parking lot, more than 30 metres from the street.

Anyone with information regarding the collision is asked to contact investigators at 204-986-6271.

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