The RCMP advised motorists to avoid a stretch of Highway 11 outside Dundurn last week after a two-vehicle collision June 10 and a semi-trailer rollover June 11 blocked northbound traffic on the highway.

RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Rob King said five people were injured in the collision last Monday afternoon on Hwy. 11 near the entrance to the Town of Dundurn. He said the RCMP can’t report on the condition of the occupants, but they were transported to hospital including one by STARS Air Ambulance.

“It was right at the intersection,” said King, noting members from the Saskatoon RCMP responded to the scene. “One vehicle was going west and then it was struck by the other vehicle on the highway.”

The collision blocked traffic on the northbound lanes of Hwy. 11 forcing travel to be diverted to Hwy. 211 between approximately 4:15 p.m. and 6:40 p.m.

During the next morning traffic had to be diverted off the northbound lanes of Hwy. 11 again after a semi-trailer carrying a load that included a large tractor rolled over two miles north of Dundurn.

King said there were no injuries in the June 11 rollover. He said traffic was detoured by the Saskatoon RCMP and the Department of Highways because several tow trucks were at the scene of the accident trying to upright the trailer and assist with cleaning up the debris.

“He lost his load in the ditch and it took quite a few tow trucks to right (the trailer),” he said.

Northbound traffic was detoured for approximately five hours around the area after the accident beginning in the early morning hours and ending past noon, said King.