A collision near Alcurve on Nov. 16 has claimed the lives of two motorists and sent others to hospital.
The collision occurred around noon at the corner of Highway 17 and Highway 3. A white passenger vehicle and a grey pick-up truck collided.
A witness at the scene stated the collision was bad enough to shred the pick-up's box off the chassis and throw it across the roadway.
According to Maidstone RCMP, the driver of the truck was pronounced dead by EMS while on the way to the hospital. He has been identified as a 71-year-old male from Lloydminster. An adult male passenger of the truck was taken to hospital with injuries described as serious in nature.
A passenger of the car was pronounced dead by EMS at the scene. He has been identified as a 27-year-old male from Lloydminster. The adult male driver of the car was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The roads in the area remained closed for several hours as the RCMP's collision reconstruction team attended the area.
Maidstone RCMP continues to investigate with the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP's collision reconstructionist.
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