Five people are in hospital with serious injuries after a crash near Moosomin on Thursday night.

Around 11:30 p.m. police received several complaints about a car driving westbound on Highway 1 in the eastbound lane. When police responded, they came across a head on crash between a car and an SUV on Highway 1 about 10 kilometres west of Moosomin.

The man driving the car and a man, two women and a child from the SUV were taken to hospital.

Traffic was rerouted for several hours after the crash.