Moosomin woman dies in highway crash

An 85-year-old woman was killed when her pick-up truck collided with a semi-trailer transport on the Trans-Canada Highway outside Moosomin early Friday.

RCMP said the woman was trying to cross the Trans-Canada at the centre entrance to Moosomin and pulled out in front of the eastbound semi when the collision occurred around 9 a.m. CST.

The driver of the semi, from Innisfail, Ont., was not injured.

The woman, from Moosomin, was taken to hospital where she later died.

The eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada was closed while police investigated. No names were being released pending notification of next-of-kin.