2 dead after pickup trucks, snowplow collide in western Saskatchewan

Two people are dead following a three-vehicle collision in western Saskatchewan involving a snowplow.

RCMP said a pickup truck and a snowplow initially collided on Highway 16 one kilometre west of Maidstone at around 2:50 p.m. Monday.

A second pickup truck then collided with the snowplow.

Two passengers in the second pickup, a 47-year-old woman and a 24-year-old woman, both from Beaumont, Alta., were killed in the crash. Police have not released their names.

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The driver of the second pickup and another passenger were taken to hospital with what police believe to be non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the first pickup truck also suffered what police believe are non-life-threatening injuries.

The snowplow operator was not injured.

Highway 16 was closed for several hours but has since been reopened to traffic.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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