DAFOE, Sask. – A Wynyard man has been killed after a crash on Highway 16 near Dafoe, Saskatchewan.
A collision between a westbound semi tractor-trailer unit and an eastbound car happened Monday morning.
The driver of the car was air-lifted by STARS to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Kenny Popowich, 64, succumbed to his injuries at a Regina hospital.
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The semi driver was treated at a hospital in Lanigan and has been released.
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The semi rolled on its side and blocked the road.
Highway 16 was reopened to traffic around 6 p.m.
An RCMP investigation is ongoing.
Dafoe is approximately 165 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
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