A sedan and a pickup truck collided on Highway 1 near Township Road 164 on Friday at around 4:40 p.m. in the County of Newell, Alta., resulting in three deaths and six more injured, RCMP say.
EMS pronounced the three occupants of the sedan, a 37-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman who were residents of Medicine Hat and a 33-year-old man who lived in Redcliff, dead at the scene.
The six occupants of the pickup truck were treated for “varying degrees of Injuries, none of which were life-threatening,” RCMP said.
RCMP said two people from the pickup truck were airlifted to hospital for surgery while the other four were taken to hospital via ground ambulance.
RCMP said their preliminary investigation led them to believe that the sedan was travelling at “speeds exceeding the legal limit” when it crossed the median and collided with the truck.