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‘Chain reaction’ crash on Highway 7 kills Fisher River man, injures 5 others

RCMP Stonewall detachment. RCMP

A 64-year-old man is dead and a number of people are injured after what RCMP are calling a “chain reaction” of crashes on Highway 7 Thursday evening.

Stonewall RCMP said they were called about a vehicle driving in the wrong lane on the highway, followed by another call minutes later about a four-vehicle pileup near the intersection with Highway 323.

According to their investigation, a white truck was headed south in the northbound lane when it caused a chain of crashes with three vehicles going north.

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The driver of the white truck, who has been identified as a 66-year-old man from Peguis First Nation, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while the driver of one of the other vehicles, a man from Fisher River Cree Nation, was pronounced dead on scene.

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Three more adults and a child, who were in the other vehicles involved in the crash, were also taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Stonewall RCMP continue to investigate.

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