B.C. man dies in collision on Sask. highway
A man from British Columbia has died in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 6 near Milestone, Sask.
Milestone RCMP received a report of the collision Around 8:50 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a release from the Saskatchewan RCMP.
Paramedics and officers responded to the scene, where found that a truck and semi collided, the RCMP said.
The driver of the truck, a 38-year-old man from B.C., was declared dead at the scene.
Paramedics took the driver of the semi to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Milestone RCMP and a Saskatchewan RCMP collision analyst are investigating.
The crash occurred around 19 kilometres south of Regina.
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