Truck crash on Trans-Canada Highway near Oak Lake injures 3
Three men are in hospital after the pickup truck they were in collided with a semi-trailer carrying steel on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oak Lake, Man., on Monday afternoon.
The crash was reported to RCMP at about 2:40 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Highway 1 and Provincial Road 254.
The three men inside the GMC Sierra truck were taken to hospital with unknown injuries, RCMP said in a news release Monday evening.
The adult male occupant of the semi was not injured.
The flat-bed truck was carrying steel, which spilled out onto the roadway as a result of the crash, according to police.
RCMP members, including a forensic collision analyst, were still at the scene as of 7:30 p.m.
Police say alcohol is suspected to be a factor.
The westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada near Oak Lake were closed for much of Monday afternoon and evening as police investigated the crash. The lanes re-opened to traffic by 10 p.m.
