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By Angie Rolheiser

Highway 41 crash

Charges laid in fatal crash on Highway 41 near Wakaw

Aug 26, 2020 | 1:38 PM

Charges have been laid after a man lost his life and several others were injured in yesterday’s multi-vehicle crash near Wakaw.

RCMP responded to the scene eight kilometers east of Wakaw on Highway 41 at 1 p.m. after a semi-truck entered a construction zone and rear-ended the other vehicles involved.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle stopped immediately in front of the semi, a 69-year-old man, was declared dead at the scene.

Non-life threatening injuries were sustained by the other motorists involved and were treated on scene or transported to hospital.

The driver of the semi-truck, 38-year-old Gurmeet Singh Cheema was arrested on scene for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

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Cheema is scheduled to make his first court appearance today at Melfort Provincial Court.

The crash led to the closure of Highway 41 for several hours but has since reopened.

Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash.

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angie.rolheiser@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @Angie_Rolheiser