A 56-year-old woman from the Battlefords has died as a result of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 4 Wednesday near the Hamlin grain terminal.
A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene for impaired driving causing death and was taken into police custody pending charges.
According to RCMP, on Dec. 10 at approximately 8:30 a.m. Battlefords RCMP and EMS were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a three-quarter ton pickup and a minivan on Highway 4, approximately six kilometres north of North Battleford.
The collision occurred as the northbound minivan slowed to make a right hand turn off of the highway, being struck from behind by the pickup, also travelling northbound, police say. The driver of the pickup suffered minor injuries and did not require hospitalization, being treated at the scene by EMS personnel.
The driver of the minivan died as a result of the collision. The only occupants of both vehicles involved were the drivers.
Road conditions at the time of the accident were described as good and there were no visibility concerns noted.
A section of Highway 4 was closed by police for approximately six hours to allow for examination of the scene by a traffic analyst and reconstructionist and attendance by the coroner’s office.
The deceased will not be identified by name at this time at the request of the family.
