Incident involving semi-trailer truck and vehicle used to transport elderly and disabled people sparks huge emergency response

At least 15 people are dead in Canada following a crash between a semi-trailer truck and a vehicle used to transport elderly and physically disabled people according to multiple media reports, as crews mount one of the largest-ever emergency responses in the region.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba said it had deployed all available resources to respond to the “mass casualty” crash near the community of Carberry on Thursday, one hundred miles west of Winnipeg, adding that the major crimes services were investigating.

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