Charges have been laid in connection with a multi-vehicle collision in which one man died Tuesday on Highway 41 near Wakaw.
According to the Wakaw RCMP, 38-year-old Gurmeet Singh Cheema was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
The crash happened Tuesday at around 1 p.m., about eight kilometres east of Wakaw. The Mounties say a semi-truck entering a construction zone rear-ended four other vehicles.
A 69-year-old man, whose vehicle was stopped directly in front of the semi, died at the scene.
People in other vehicles sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were either treated at the scene or taken to hospital.
The highway was closed, but since has reopened.
The RCMP said it doesn’t believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.