‘Tragic trend:’ Sask. RCMP concerned by ‘dramatic increase’ in fatal crashes
The Saskatchewan RCMP is expressing concern after seeing eight fatal crashes on Saskatchewan roads claiming 11 lives between the start of 2025 and Wednesday. According to the RCMP, over the same time period in 2024, Saskatchewan Mounties responded to just two fatal collisions.
On Friday, a crash involving two SUVs on Highway 41 left three people dead and one person injured. The same day, a 48-year-old man was killed in a rollover on Highway 1, and a crash on a rural road northeast of Carievale left a 33-year-old man dead.
“These numbers are extremely concerning to see,” RCMP superintendent Grant St. Germaine, who leads Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services, said in a statement.
“We must all do our part and ask ourselves, ‘What can be done to make Saskatchewan roads safer?’ We all have a part to play in reversing this tragic trend.”