A stretch of a busy southeastern Manitoba highway is closed Tuesday morning due to a serious collision.

Highway 52 is closed at Center Street South in Mitchell for a mile east towards Steinbach.

Crews have been on the scene of a serious collision since 1 a.m. and expect to be there for another two hours.

RCMP investigators are on the scene. They are detouring traffic on the gravel mile roads.

Responders are asking the public to avoid the area.

More to come.

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Written by Dave Anthony