8:42 a.m. Update:
3 people are dead and another one was sent to a hospital with life-threatening injuries following a vehicle/train collision.
At 11:30 yesterday morning, Yellowhead RCMP and CP Police responded to the collision between a van and train on Road 126 West, located one kilometre east of Strathclair.
Investigators have determined that the van, with four occupants, being driven by a 27-year-old male from Dauphin, was travelling northbound on the road when it was struck by a westbound CP train.
The driver of the van was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries while the three occupants of the van, a 45-year-old male from the Sandy Bay First Nation, a 25-year-old male from the Waywayseecappo First Nation and a 19-year-old male from Dauphin, were pronounced deceased on scene.
The investigation continues.
