A tornado touched down Friday night just outside of Virden.
RCMP arrived on scene shortly after 8:10 p.m., where they found 2 vehicles had been picked up, and thrown into the ditch.
A 54-year-old man from Sioux Valley First Nation was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
When searching the second vehicle, officers found 2 people that were thrown from their vehicle. An 18-year-old man, and an 18 year-old woman, both from Melita were pronounced dead at the scene.
Misheyla Iwasiuk was chasing the storm with her fiancé, and was the first on the scene.
“It started snapping and pushing over trees and as the tornado approached a farmyard it hit some dried dirt and you could see the funnel cloud fully condense. Unfortunately, it hit the farm and crashed into the road before it moved on to the next field over.”
Misheyla tells CKDM the tornado damaged nearby vehicles and farm equipment.
“One vehicle was flipped over and a man was pinned inside so I called 911. There were powerlines knocked over everywhere, and they were underneath the vehicle that he was trapped in. It was a risky area to be in for everyone out there so there was pretty extensive damage. It was a very violent tornado.”
Misheyla adds that the tornado was on the ground for around 10 to 15 minutes.
RCMP continue to investigate.
