“This definitely could have been a lot worse”: RCMP on passenger van crash
The RCMP are providing more information about Friday morning’s crash involving two passengers vans and 14 people which occured north of Shellbrook.
Kent Ashworth, Sgt. in charge of the Ahtahkakoop/ Shellbrook RCMP detachment, told paNOW the two vans had been heading home to La Ronge from a powwow at Mistawasis First Nation. The vans had just turned onto Highway 240 and were heading east.
“So basically it was one vehicle following the other and [one van] ran into the back of the other,” he said.
The cause of the crash still remains under investigation although RCMP do not suspect alcohol was a factor.