Around 10:30 p.m., RCMP officers were called to a collision between an SUV and a truck at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 230 in the RM of St. Andrews. Mounties investigated the crash and determined the driver of the SUV was traveling westbound on Highway 230 when he entered the intersection when it was unsafe to do so. Police said the SUV crashed into a truck with a camper trailer, which was traveling north on the 8 Freeway. The truck, which was carrying four people, then rolled into a ditch. One of the truck’s passengers, a 20-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another passenger, a 44-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver, a 46-year-old man, and a third passenger, a 20-year-old woman, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV, a 17-year-old boy who was the only person in the vehicle, suffered minor injuries. He was arrested and faces charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. RCMP officers continue to investigate the crash.
