One dead after 8 vehicle pile-up on Saskatchewan’s Highway 1

A Calgary man died after an eight-vehicle pile-up on Saskatchewan’s Highway 1 on Monday.

Officers responded to the vehicle pile-up just west of Chaplin, which is about 155 kilometres west of Regina, at 2:15 p.m. CST.

The crash in the westbound lanes of Highway 1 took place after a passenger van and a semi truck crashed. A second semi then hit the first one.

Three other semis, a cube van and a truck then crashed with the automobiles in the initial incident.

The lone driver of the second semi-truck, a 22-year-old man from Calgary, was declared dead. An occupant of another semi was treated for what officials described as small injuries.

The names of the victims are yet to be revealed.

The fire department from Herbert, about 200 kilometres west of Regina, paramedics and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service also helped with sorting out the crash.

Police remained on the crash site as of Tuesday.