Fifteen people died in a road accident on Thursday. at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5, near the town of Carberry, west of Winnipeg, Canada, when a semi-trailer plowed into a minivan carrying the elderly.

In addition, after 10 people were injured and hospitalized. Their terms were not immediately clear, he said. NBC.

Drivers were among the survivorssaid Rob Lasson, chief of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s largest crime unit.

Lasson said the minivan was traveling south on Highway 5 around 11:40 a.m. and had already crossed the westbound lanes of the highway when it was struck by the truck. Road conditions seemed clear at the time, he said.

It was unclear who had the right of way, Lasson said. He added that investigators were working to determine whether a crime had taken place.

Speak against CTV newswitnesses described a gruesome scene, with vehicles on fire and rescue personnel trying to rescue the survivors.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the accident a “Incredibly tragic” and expressed his condolences. “I can’t imagine the pain those affected are feeling, but Canadians are here to help them,” he said.

“I am shocked by the news of the tragic accident at Carberry. My sincere condolences to all involved,” Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson tweeted.

Authorities reported the highway closed in both directions and asked motorists to move away from the area.

According to Nirmesh Vadera, a witness who works near the crash site, several emergency vehicles and two helicopters were at the scene of the accident, which took place around noon.

“It was really quite surreal to see the magnitude (of the accident) because I had never seen such a fire in a vehicle,” Vadera told police. AFP adding that he saw a lot of smoke nearby.