Icy roads in southern Saskatchewan may have led to two deaths in two separate collisions on Saskatchewan highways.
On Thursday morning, a 27-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Bienfait.
The night before, a 76-year-old man from the Cowessess First Nation died in a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Caronport.
The roads were reported to be very icy in both instances.
In Thursday's crash, the RCMP said an eastbound truck travelled into the oncoming lane of Highway 39 and collided with a westbound SUV, driven by the woman who died, that was exiting the merge lane from Highway 18. Both vehicles came to a rest in the north ditch of Highway 39 at 8:30 a.m.
The woman, the lone occupant of the SUV, died at the scene. The 38-year-old female driver of the truck, also the lone occupant, was transported via ambulance to hospital in Regina.
"The highways were incredibly icy -- even just walking on it was incredibly difficult," said Estevan RCMP Sgt. Ryan Currie.
It was a series of events -- beginning with a semi-trailer sliding off the road at 9 p.m. -- that led to Wednesday night's crash.
The RCMP was on the scene with a cruiser's emergency lights flashing when, at 9:40 p.m., an eastbound semi-trailer rear-ended an SUV, sending both vehicles into the median ditch.
The 76-year-old man, a passenger in the SUV, died at the scene while the 69-year-old female driver was taken to hospital in Regina with serious injuries.
The driver of the semi and a passenger were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The names of the deceased have not been released.
On Thursday morning, a 27-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Bienfait.
The night before, a 76-year-old man from the Cowessess First Nation died in a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Caronport.
The roads were reported to be very icy in both instances.
In Thursday's crash, the RCMP said an eastbound truck travelled into the oncoming lane of Highway 39 and collided with a westbound SUV, driven by the woman who died, that was exiting the merge lane from Highway 18. Both vehicles came to a rest in the north ditch of Highway 39 at 8:30 a.m.
The woman, the lone occupant of the SUV, died at the scene. The 38-year-old female driver of the truck, also the lone occupant, was transported via ambulance to hospital in Regina.
"The highways were incredibly icy -- even just walking on it was incredibly difficult," said Estevan RCMP Sgt. Ryan Currie.
It was a series of events -- beginning with a semi-trailer sliding off the road at 9 p.m. -- that led to Wednesday night's crash.
The RCMP was on the scene with a cruiser's emergency lights flashing when, at 9:40 p.m., an eastbound semi-trailer rear-ended an SUV, sending both vehicles into the median ditch.
The 76-year-old man, a passenger in the SUV, died at the scene while the 69-year-old female driver was taken to hospital in Regina with serious injuries.
The driver of the semi and a passenger were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The names of the deceased have not been released.
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