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

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

WINNIPEG - 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.“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.

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