Two people dead after Highway 7 crash

Two people are dead after a crash on Highway 7 Tuesday evening.

It happened just after 5 p.m., when RCMP say an SUV travelling north in the southbound lanes hit a pickup truck, about half a kilometre north of Road 73 North.

The SUV burst into flames and the lone person inside was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Meanwhile, the lone person in the pickup truck, a 36-year-old man from Teulon, was removed from the vehicle, but was soon pronounced dead.

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