At least 10 dead, others to hospital in crash west of Winnipeg: source

A government source says at least 10 people are dead and others have been taken to hospital following a highway crash west of Winnipeg.

RCMP are calling the crash “very serious” and are asking people to avoid the area of the Trans-Canada Highway where it intersects with Highway 5.

Photos supplied to The Canadian Press by a witness at the scene show what looks like a large van smouldering in a ditch alongside the road.Health officials say a mass casualty response is underway but did not give any patient details.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.Ambulance helicopters with STARS have been dispatched to the scene from Winnipeg and Regina.

“We also deployed additional STARS crew to the area on two fixed-wing aircraft, for a total of 14 STARS critical care crew responding in addition to area EMS and other first responders,” spokesman Blake Robert said in an email.Carberry is 170 kilometres west of Winnipeg.

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