One dead, one injured in Highway #5 crash

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A collision between an SUV and a truck on Highway #5 left one person dead and another injured.

Shortly before noon on Friday, RCMP officers were called to a section of highway near St. Denis, about half an hour east of Saskatoon, after receiving a report about a multi-vehicle accident.

The lone occupant of the SUV, a 69-year-old woman from the Humboldt area who had been driving westward on the highway, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The lone occupant of the truck, a 45-year-old man from the Saskatoon area who had been driving in the opposite direction, was taken to the hospital for treatment of “non-life-threatening injuries.”

Saskatoon RCMP and RCMP collision reconstruction specialists are continuing to investigate.

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