A wooden cross marks the site where a two vehicle crash occurred Saturday night. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Crash

Woman killed in fatal crash west of Prince Albert

Jun 13, 2022 | 12:58 PM

Editior’s note: paNOW had earlier published that two 17 year olds were in the truck. We have since amended story to go on information provided by police.

A section of Highway 3 west of Prince Albert, currently being upgraded to help reduce the number of serious collisions happening there, was the scene of a fatal crash Saturday night.

Police have confirmed a 72-year-old person was killed when the westbound mini-van she was driving, collided head-on with an eastbound truck. A man who lives nearby told paNOW he was startled by the sound of the crash.

“It was like a bomb went off. It was such a damn explosion,” he recalled.

The woman was the lone occupant in the mini-van, and there were two people in the truck.

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Police said both were treated for minor injuries by Parkland Ambulance. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The neighbour, who went across the road and confirmed for paNOW there was a woman in the mini-van, described how the impact from the crash caused the eastbound truck to slide on his side down the highway.

He said when he and the other first responders checked on the woman, she had no visible injuries but no pulse.

Traffic on this strectch of highway is down to 60km/hr but residents who live in the area claim not many drivers are following that. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Twinning work on Highway 3 from city limits to the Shell River bridge, is expected to wrap up in the fall.

The westbound lane is currently down to one lane for traffic. As a result, westbound travelers are being forced to drive on the shoulder.

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