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5 die in mid-air collision in Canada

Published: May 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM

WAKAW, Saskatchewan, May 12 (UPI) -- Two private planes collided in the air near St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, and crashed Saturday, killing five people, police said

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it received a call about the accident at 8:50 a.m., the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

The QMI Agency reported one of the planes was a Piper PA-28 bound from Calgary, Alberta, to St. Brieux with two men and one young male on board. The second plane was an amphibious Lake LA-4 carrying a man and woman who were en route from Regina to La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

Debris was spread for miles, with the wreckage of one plane found in a swampy area surrounded by trees and the other discovered in a wooded swamp a few miles away.

The news agency said the accident occurred near a small landing strip.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was to investigate the cause of the crash.

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