UPDATE: 2 hurt in construction zone crash near Blaine Lake

A four-vehicle crash at a construction zone on Highway 40 near Blaine Lake left two people with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday evening.

The crash happened about five kilometres east of Blaine Lake. The injured people were taken to Shellbrook Hospital.

Someone close to the crash told News Talk Radio three cars were lined up stopped by a flag-person waiting to pass through the orange zone on Highway 40, when a semi-truck slammed into the back of the third vehicle, causing a chain-reaction of collisions. 

Blaine Lake and Shellbrook RCMP were at the scene as of 10:30 p.m., re-routing traffic through the area for several hours. The highway re-opened at around 2:30 a.m.