Two travellers from Calgary were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Published Dec 08, 2022 • 1 minute read
RCMP have reported two people killed in a crash on a Saskatchewan highway.
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Officers from the Rosetown RCMP detachment responded to a crash east of the community on Highway 7 around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, RCMP said in a media release. Police advised the public of the collision shortly after 5 p.m. that evening, with both lanes of the highway shut down near the scene for about seven hours.
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RCMP confirmed in an update Thursday evening that a 78-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman, both from Calgary, were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and that their families had been notified.
The man was driving and the woman was a passenger in a westbound pickup truck that collided with an eastbound car, police said.
The driver of the car was taken to hospital with serious, but non life-threatening injuries.
Alcohol and drugs were not believed to have contributed to the crash.
The provincial coroners office and police continue to investigate.
Rosetown is about 120 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.
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