KISBEY — The RCMP says one person died and five were injured in a three-vehicle collision that occurred Thursday on Highway 13 by Kisbey.
Carlyle RCMP responded to a multi-vehicle collision at about 6:40 a.m.
Police officers, firefighters from Kisbey and Stoughton, local EMS and the STARS Air Ambulance immediately responded. Preliminary investigation determined an SUV and a truck collided. After the initial report, an additional call for service was received advising a car had struck the initial collision scene. The specific details of the investigation, including directions of travel, are currently being investigated by an RCMP collision reconstructionist.
The truck had three occupants. The driver, a 31-year-old man from Redvers, was declared deceased at the scene by EMS. His family has been notified and Victim Services has been engaged to provide support.
The two passengers were taken to hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening by the RCMP.
Initial investigation determined the SUV had two occupants from the Weyburn area. The driver was transported to hospital by STARS with injuries described as serious in nature. The passenger was transported to hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The lone driver of the car was transported to hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The Carlyle RCMP continue to investigate with the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP collision reconstruction and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service.
According to the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure's Highway Hotline, both directions of Highway 13 near the junction with Highway 605 were shut down due to the collision. The accident scene was about one kilometre west of Kisbey. The route was open again Thursday evening.
