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Highway 23 collision claims lives of two people

Two men are deceased after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 23 Wednesday night.

According to RCMP members from both Fort McLeod and the Picture Butte detachments were called to the scene on Highway 23 and Township Road 104 around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9th. According to police both drivers, a 52-year-old man from Nipawin, Saskatchewan and a 63-year-old man from Taber were pronounced deceased at the scene. Three other people who were passengers were taken to hospital with what officials believe to be “non-life threatening injuries.”

Mounties say that the preliminary investigation of the scene determined one of the vehicles crossed the center line and struck the other. According to officials, the investigation into the two-vehicle collision is ongoing.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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