One person is dead after a crash on Highway 5 east of Saskatoon.
The crash between a westbound car and an eastbound gravel truck happened Wednesday at around 7:40 a.m. CT just east of Highway 316 (Valley View Road).
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“The car, for some unknown reason, spun out on the icy road, entered the other lane and was hit by the gravel truck,” said Cpl. Doug Green, a traffic reconstructionist with the RCMP.
Both vehicles ended up in the northbound ditch.
The driver of the car, a 28-year-old man from the Saskatoon area, was rushed to Royal University Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
His name has not been released.
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The driver of the gravel truck was not hurt, but was shaken up by the crash.
Green said the highway was wet with a little bit of slush, which may have caused the car to spin out of control.
Wendy Winiewski contributed to this story
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