One Dead, Nine Injured In Crash Near Big River
Friday, January 20, 2006 at 16:42
A major collision near the Big River First Nation has claimed the life of a 39-year-old Aboriginal man.
The RCMP say the two-vehicle crash took place just before 10:00 last night on Highway 793, seven kilometres west of the Big River First Nation.
The accident also injured nine others in the vehicles.
The victim, a resident of the Pelican Lake First Nation, was the driver of an eastbound pick up truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The three passengers in that vehicle were taken to the hospital in Spiritwood with undetermined injuries, as were the six people injured in the westbound car.
The Mounties say all of the injured were also from Pelican Lake.
An RCMP collision analyst is assisting with the investigation.
No other details are available, including the name of the victim.