An 11-year-old boy from Whitefish Lake First Nations is one of five people killed in a Sunday night head-on crash near High Prairie, RCMP said.
A five-year-old boy, in serious life-threatening condition after being airlifted from the scene to hospital, is the only survivor of the 7 p.m. Sunday collision between a GMC pickup and minivan on Highway 750, about eight kilometres south of Highway 88, said High Prairie RCMP in a Monday news release.
The GMC pickup driver was north in the southbound lane when the crash occurred, said police. High Prairie, Faust, and Red Earth Creek RCMP responded to the scene, with the highway blocked for several hours while a collision reconstructionist was called in.
Both occupants of the pickup, a 36-year-old man from Loon Lake and a 30-year-old woman from Slave Lake, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The occupants of the minivan, a 65-year-old woman, a 51-year-old woman, and the 11-year-old boy, all residents of Whitefish First Nation, were killed. The five-year-old boy now in hospital is also from Whitefish First Nation.
RCMP confirmed that the people in the minivan were family members.
Classes at Atikameg School and the outreach school in the community has been cancelled for the week.
RCMP continue to investigate.
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