Charges follow fatal Melfort crash
Melfort RCMP have charged one person in connection with a collision that killed one and injured another last weekend.
A truck travelling East on Highway 789 collided with a car travelling South on the Kinistino grid last Saturday, Sept. 2 at 6:18 p.m.
The driver of the car, Quinn Sheremeta, 46, was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 36-year-old passenger was airlifted to a hospital in Saskatoon with unknown injuries.
Officers arrested the driver of the truck a short distance away from the crash site after he fled on foot. He was transported to the Melfort hospital with injuries.