4 dead after crash on highway south of Blaine Lake
Crash involved three vehicles, RCMP say
CBC News
Posted: Sep 15, 2012 3:35 PM CST
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2012 7:20 PM CST
RCMP and emergency crews were called to the scene of a fatal crash on Highway 12 south of Blaine Lake, Sask., early Saturday afternoon where four people died and three others were taken to hospital.
According to police, the crash was reported around 1:30 p.m. CST.
Police said the crash involved three vehicles — a Pontiac Grand Prix, a Honda Civic, and a Dodge Voyager. Police also said some of the injured people were trapped in their vehicles following the crash.
Police said the three people who were injured in the crash were taken to hospital in Saskatoon with non-life threatening injuries.
No names were released and the vehicles they were in had not been confirmed as of early Saturday evening.
Blaine Lake is about 80 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
Police said the crash was still under investigation.
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