'Something needs to be done': calls for safety improvements after another crash at Manitoba intersection

The Manitoba government says it will be making interim safety upgrades in the coming weeks at an intersection where a deadly crash more than a month ago has left 17 people dead – and now another crash is being investigated at the same intersection.

The Manitoba government says it will be making interim safety upgrades in the coming weeks at an intersection where a deadly crash more than a month ago has left 17 people dead – and now another crash is being investigated at the same intersection.

Three people are in hospital after with serious injuries after a crash at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man.

RCMP says around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, a pick-up truck heading south on Highway 5 entered the intersection and was turning east when it collided with another vehicle, which then collided with a third vehicle.

The crash left debris spread across the intersection and the vehicles involved crumpled.

STARS Air Ambulance had to take one woman to hospital in Winnipeg. The remaining two people were taken to a local hospital. While their injuries are serious, RCMP said no deaths have been reported.

Sgt. Paul Manaigre, a media relations officer with the RCMP, said some of the officers who responded had also been at the same intersection more than a month ago – what they saw is still fresh on their minds.

"What they observed visually at that first collision is going to stick with them for the rest of their lives," Manaigre said. "For them, it could be triggering, but at the same time you have a job to do."