Four dead, four injured after two highway crashes on Thursday: Sask. RCMP

Two separate crashes on Saskatchewan highways left four people dead and four others were injured on Thursday.

The first crash, a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4, left a 30-year-old woman dead and four others hospitalized. According to the RCMP, police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene of the rollover on Highway 4, near the Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, just after 7 a.m. on Thursday.

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“One of the occupants of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene by EMS,” the Battlefords RCMP said in a statement.

“She has been identified as a 30-year-old from near the Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation. Her family has been notified.”

Three of the four other occupants were taken to a local hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. A fourth occupant was taken to hospital by a STARS helicopter with serious injuries.

The highway was temporarily closed following the crash on Thursday morning, but the Mounties said the route is open to traffic once again.

The crash remains under investigation, the RCMP noted, with help from a police collision reconstruction expert.

Three dead in crash west of Melfort

A crash involving a truck and an SUV on Highway 3, about two kilometres west of Melfort, left three people dead on Thursday evening.

The Mounties said officers responded to the scene, along with firefighters and paramedics, just after 6 p.m.

The 31-year-old man who was driving the truck and a 24-year-old passenger were both declared dead after the crash, the RCMP said. Both men were members of the James Smith Cree Nation.

The driver of the SUV, a 59-year-old man from Kinistino, was also declared dead at the scene, the RCMP said.

The families of the crash victims have been notified of the deaths, the RCMP added.

Mounties issue statement following series of fatal crashes

The Saskatchewan RCMP issued a statement earlier this week noting that fatal and serious collisions have reached a six-year high in the province.

Police said 10 people were killed on RCMP-patrolled roads last month, a 43 per cent increase compared to September of 2024.

“In October, six lives were lost in fatal collisions in the first six days of the month,” the RCMP said in a news release.